Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 2
यस्मिन्दृष्टेऽथवा स्पृष्टे कीर्तिते वा द्विजोत्तमाः । पातकं नाशमायाति भास्करेण तमो यथा
yasmindṛṣṭe'thavā spṛṣṭe kīrtite vā dvijottamāḥ | pātakaṃ nāśamāyāti bhāskareṇa tamo yathā
ഹേ ദ്വിജോത്തമന്മാരേ! ഇതിനെ ദർശിച്ചാലും, സ്പർശിച്ചാലും, കീർത്തിച്ചാലും പാപം നശിക്കുന്നു—സൂര്യനാൽ അന്ധകാരം നശിക്കുന്നതുപോലെ।
Narratorial voice within Tīrthamāhātmya (contextually Sūta speaking to ṛṣis)
Tirtha: Puṣkara (within Puṣkara-tritaya)
Type: kund
Listener: dvija-uttamāḥ / ṛṣis
Scene: Pilgrims approach the water; one merely gazes, another touches the water with fingertips, a third chants praise—behind them the sun breaks through clouds, visually echoing the simile of darkness dispelled.
FAQs
Contact with a true tīrtha—through sight, touch, or praise—purifies the devotee and dissolves pāpa by its inherent sacred power.
Puṣkara-tīrtha (context of Adhyāya 179 in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya).
Not a detailed rite—rather, three access-points to merit are stated: darśana (seeing), sparśana (touching), and kīrtana (praise/recitation).