Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 60
तानि सर्वाणि नश्यंति धनुष्को टि निमज्जनात् । उक्तेष्वेतेषु संदेहो न कर्तव्यः कदाचन
tāni sarvāṇi naśyaṃti dhanuṣko ṭi nimajjanāt | ukteṣveteṣu saṃdeho na kartavyaḥ kadācana
അവയെല്ലാം ധനുഷ്കോട്ടിയിലെ നിമജ്ജനത്താൽ നശിക്കുന്നു; ഇവിടെ പ്രസ്താവിച്ച ഫലങ്ങളെക്കുറിച്ച് ഒരിക്കലും സംശയം വരുത്തരുത്।
Skanda (deduced from Setukhaṇḍa tīrtha-māhātmya narration style)
Tirtha: Dhanuṣkoṭi
Type: kshetra
Listener: General audience of pilgrims; implicitly those prone to doubt
Scene: A concluding proclamation scene: the narrator/sage gestures decisively toward the sea-tīrtha; devotees bow with firm resolve; a scroll-like banner motif suggests ‘no doubt’.
FAQs
Śraddhā and trust in dharma-teachings are upheld; the tīrtha’s purifying power is asserted as certain.
Dhanuṣkoṭi Tīrtha.
Dhanuṣkoṭi-nimajjana—ritual immersion/bathing, performed with unwavering faith.
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