Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 35
योऽत्र सर्वेषु तीर्थेषु स्नात्वा पश्यति भक्तितः । सर्वाण्यायतनान्येव स पापोऽपि विमुच्यते
yo'tra sarveṣu tīrtheṣu snātvā paśyati bhaktitaḥ | sarvāṇyāyatanānyeva sa pāpo'pi vimucyate
ഇവിടെ എല്ലാ തീർത്ഥങ്ങളിലും സ്നാനം ചെയ്ത് ഭക്തിയോടെ എല്ലാ ദേവാലയങ്ങളും ദർശിക്കുന്നവൻ, പാപിയായാലും പാപബന്ധത്തിൽ നിന്ന് വിമുക്തനാകും.
Sūta (contextual continuity)
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra tīrtha-samūha (all local tīrthas)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Pilgrims complete a full circuit: bathing at successive water spots, then entering multiple shrines with lamps and flowers; a formerly ‘sin-burdened’ figure is shown shedding dark aura and emerging radiant after darśana.
FAQs
Comprehensive pilgrimage—bathing and devotional darśana—purifies and releases one from sin.
The collective tīrthas and deity-shrines within the Hāṭakeśvara kṣetra described in this chapter.
Snāna in all tīrthas and darśana of all temples with bhakti.