Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 7
तत्र तीर्थे तु यः स्नात्वा दद्याद्विप्राय कांचनम् । नाभिमात्रे जले तिष्ठन्स लभेतार्बुदं फलम्
tatra tīrthe tu yaḥ snātvā dadyādviprāya kāṃcanam | nābhimātre jale tiṣṭhansa labhetārbudaṃ phalam
त्या तीर्थात स्नान करून नाभीपर्यंत पाण्यात उभा राहून जो ब्राह्मणाला सुवर्ण दान देतो, तो अर्बुद-फल (अपरिमित पुण्य) मिळवतो।
Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya
Tirtha: Kaubera-tīrtha (contextual)
Type: ghat
Listener: Rājan (king)
Scene: A devotee stands navel-deep in river water holding a small gold piece in a cloth; a brāhmaṇa on the steps receives with blessing gesture; other pilgrims watch; sunlight glints on water.
FAQs
Pilgrimage is completed by dāna; charity performed in a sanctified setting multiplies spiritual merit.
Kaubera-tīrtha (within the Narmadā tīrtha-pañcaka sequence).
Bathe, stand navel-deep in the water, and give gold (kāṃcana) to a brāhmaṇa.