Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 28
तस्मात्तिलोदकीस्नानं सर्वपापहरं मुने । कर्त्तव्यं सुप्रयत्नेन प्राणिभिर्धर्मकांक्षिभिः । स्नानं दानं व्रतं होमं सर्वमक्षयतां व्रजेत्
tasmāttilodakīsnānaṃ sarvapāpaharaṃ mune | karttavyaṃ suprayatnena prāṇibhirdharmakāṃkṣibhiḥ | snānaṃ dānaṃ vrataṃ homaṃ sarvamakṣayatāṃ vrajet
അതുകൊണ്ട്, ഹേ മുനേ! തിലോദകിയിൽ സ്നാനം സർവ്വപാപഹരമാണ്; ധർമ്മം ആഗ്രഹിക്കുന്ന ജീവികൾ അതിനെ മഹാപ്രയത്നത്തോടെ ചെയ്യണം. അവിടെ ചെയ്യുന്ന സ്നാനം, ദാനം, വ്രതം, ഹോമം—എല്ലാം അക്ഷയഫലത്തെ പ്രാപിക്കുന്നു.
Unspecified (addressing a muni within the Ayodhyāmāhātmya dialogue)
Tirtha: Tilodakī
Type: river
Listener: Muni (addressed: 'muṇe')
Scene: A sage instructs pilgrims at Tilodakī: some bathe, others distribute alms, some keep vrata marks, and a small homa fire burns on the bank; the river’s dark holy water glows; the atmosphere conveys ‘akṣaya’ through enduring light.
FAQs
Pilgrimage becomes most fruitful when paired with intentional dharma—discipline, charity, vows, and worship—yielding akṣaya (imperishable) merit.
The Tilodakī tīrtha/river associated with Ayodhyā.
Tilodakī-snāna is recommended, along with dāna (charity), vrata (vows), and homa (oblations), performed with earnest effort.