Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 26
तां तु पश्यति यो भक्त्या दीयमानां द्विजोत्तमे । तस्य वर्षशतं पापं नश्यते नात्र संशयः
tāṃ tu paśyati yo bhaktyā dīyamānāṃ dvijottame | tasya varṣaśataṃ pāpaṃ naśyate nātra saṃśayaḥ
എന്നാൽ, ഹേ ദ്വിജോത്തമാ, ദാനം നൽകുന്ന വേളയിൽ ഭക്തിയോടെ അവളെ ദർശിക്കുന്നവന്റെ—നൂറുവർഷത്തെ പാപം നശിക്കുന്നു; ഇതിൽ സംശയമില്ല.
Mārkaṇḍeya
Tirtha: Kapilā-tīrtha
Type: ghat
Listener: dvijottama (best brāhmaṇa addressed)
Scene: A devotee stands with folded hands watching a donor offer gifts at the riverbank; Kapilā is perceived as radiant presence; the verse’s ‘no doubt’ is shown as a clear halo of purification around the witness.
FAQs
Devotional participation—even through reverent witnessing—shares in the sanctifying power of righteous acts performed at a tīrtha.
Kapilā-tīrtha is implied as the setting where Kapilā is honored and seen with devotion.
Devotional darśana of Kapilā during the act of giving/offerings (dāna/arpana) is highlighted as spiritually efficacious.