Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 10
क्रोशद्वयमिदं चक्रे भुक्तिमुक्तिप्रदायकम् । तस्मिंस्तीर्थे नरः स्नात्वा मुच्यते सर्वकिल्बिषैः
krośadvayamidaṃ cakre bhuktimuktipradāyakam | tasmiṃstīrthe naraḥ snātvā mucyate sarvakilbiṣaiḥ
त्यांनी हा प्रदेश दोन क्रोशपर्यंत भुक्ती व मुक्ती देणारा केला। त्या तीर्थात स्नान केल्याने मनुष्य सर्व पापांपासून मुक्त होतो।
Mārkaṇḍeya
Tirtha: Śukla-tīrtha (two-krośa precinct)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Narādhipa (king)
Scene: Śiva consecrates a two-krośa sacred zone around the tīrtha; pilgrims bathe and emerge radiant, freed from sins; the landscape is marked as a protective, merit-giving mandala.
FAQs
A consecrated tīrtha can grant both dharmic prosperity and liberation, with sin-removal through ritual bathing.
Śuklatīrtha and its surrounding sacred precinct measured as two krośas.
Snāna (ritual bathing) at the tīrtha is explicitly stated to free one from all sins.