Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 15
मुक्तितीर्थं तु तत्तीर्थं सर्वतीर्थेष्वनुत्तमम् । दर्शनादेव यस्यैव पापं याति महत्क्षयम्
muktitīrthaṃ tu tattīrthaṃ sarvatīrtheṣvanuttamam | darśanādeva yasyaiva pāpaṃ yāti mahatkṣayam
ते तीर्थ ‘मुक्तितीर्थ’ म्हणून प्रसिद्ध असून सर्व तीर्थांत अनुत्तम आहे; त्याचे केवळ दर्शन झाले तरी पापांचा मोठा क्षय होतो।
Mārkaṇḍeya
Tirtha: Muktitīrtha
Type: ghat
Scene: Pilgrims crest a path and behold the shining ford ‘Muktitīrtha’; the river glints like a ribbon of light; some fold hands in awe, suggesting ‘darśanād eva’ pāpa-kṣaya.
FAQs
Sacred geography is spiritually potent—contact even through darśana can begin the dissolution of accumulated sin.
Muktitīrtha, declared anuttama (unsurpassed) among all tīrthas in this Revā Khaṇḍa passage.
The emphasis is on darśana (reverent visitation/seeing) as itself a purifier; it prepares one for further snāna and worship described nearby.
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