Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 20
श्रीभगवानुवाच । अहं जानामि तत्क्षेत्रं सुपुण्यं पापनाशनम् । तापसैः कीर्तितं नित्यं ममान्यैस्तीर्थयात्रिकैः
śrībhagavānuvāca | ahaṃ jānāmi tatkṣetraṃ supuṇyaṃ pāpanāśanam | tāpasaiḥ kīrtitaṃ nityaṃ mamānyaistīrthayātrikaiḥ
ശ്രീഭഗവാൻ അരുളിച്ചെയ്തു—ആ ക്ഷേത്രം ഞാൻ അറിയുന്നു; അതി പുണ്യപ്രദവും പാപനാശകവുമാണ്. തപസ്വികളും മറ്റു തീർത്ഥയാത്രികരും അതിനെ നിത്യവും കീർത്തിക്കുന്നു.
Śrī Bhagavān (Śrī Kṛṣṇa / Mādhava / Acyuta)
Type: kshetra
Scene: The Blessed Lord speaks with calm certainty, describing a supremely holy kṣetra; ascetics and pilgrims appear in the background as witnesses to its fame.
FAQs
A true tīrtha is validated by saintly praise and yields pāpa-kṣaya (destruction of sin) and puṇya (spiritual merit) to pilgrims.
The Lord refers to “that kṣetra” under discussion in Adhyāya 73; the exact toponym is supplied in the surrounding narrative of the chapter.
No single rite is named; the verse endorses tīrtha-yātrā (pilgrimage) as a sin-destroying dharmic practice.