Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 45
धर्मं समाचरन्नित्यं पापांशेन न लिप्यते । श्रुतिस्मृत्युदितं धर्मं मनसापि न लङ्घयेत्
dharmaṃ samācarannityaṃ pāpāṃśena na lipyate | śrutismṛtyuditaṃ dharmaṃ manasāpi na laṅghayet
जो नित्य धर्म आचरतो तो पापाच्या अंशानेही लिप्त होत नाही. श्रुति-स्मृतीत सांगितलेला धर्म मनानेसुद्धा उल्लंघू नये।
Deductive (Revā Khaṇḍa narrative voice; likely a senior narrator/teacher addressing a royal interlocutor)
Tirtha: Revā tīrtha (general)
Type: tirtha
Scene: A pilgrim at a riverbank performs simple daily rites while a subtle depiction shows the mind as a lotus—pure when aligned with śāstra; shadowy forms of pāpa dissolve.
FAQs
Daily, consistent dharma—grounded in Śruti and Smṛti—purifies a person so thoroughly that even subtle sin does not adhere.
No single tīrtha is named in this verse; it functions as a general dharma-principle within the Revā (Narmadā) context.
Not a specific ritual; it prescribes mental and practical adherence to scripturally taught dharma.