Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 40
तत्र तीर्थे तु राजेन्द्र शुभं वा यादि वाशुभम् । इह लोके परे चैव तत्सर्वं जायतेऽक्षयम्
tatra tīrthe tu rājendra śubhaṃ vā yādi vāśubham | iha loke pare caiva tatsarvaṃ jāyate'kṣayam
हे राजेन्द्र, त्या तीर्थात—शुभ असो वा अशुभ—त्याचे फळ इहलोकी व परलोकीही अक्षय व टिकून राहते।
Unspecified in snippet (contextually Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya addressing the King)
Tirtha: Skanda-tīrtha
Type: ghat
Listener: Lord of kings (rājendra)
Scene: A king stands at the ghat contemplating the weight of actions; on one side auspicious rites glow, on the other shadowy misdeeds loom—both shown as leaving lasting imprints across worlds.
FAQs
Sacred places intensify karma; therefore one must act with heightened purity and restraint at a tīrtha.
The same tīrtha under discussion—Skanda-tīrtha in the Revā Khaṇḍa.
No specific rite is prescribed; the verse warns that deeds at the tīrtha carry imperishable results.