Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 26
सर्वपापविशुद्धात्मा कैलासे मोदते नरः । कोटितीर्थे नरः स्नात्वा दृष्ट्वा कोटीश्वरं शिवम्
sarvapāpaviśuddhātmā kailāse modate naraḥ | koṭitīrthe naraḥ snātvā dṛṣṭvā koṭīśvaraṃ śivam
सर्व पापांपासून शुद्ध झालेला मनुष्य कैलासावर आनंदित होतो। कोटितीर्थात स्नान करून आणि कोटीश्वर शिवाचे दर्शन घेऊन तो त्या परम अवस्थेला प्राप्त होतो।
Unknown (Dharmāraṇya Khaṇḍa narrative voice; speaker not explicit in excerpt)
Tirtha: Koṭitīrtha
Type: ghat
Scene: A pilgrim completes ritual bathing at a sacred ford named Koṭitīrtha, then approaches a Śiva-liṅga shrine of Koṭīśvara; the vision culminates in a symbolic ascent to luminous Kailāsa.
FAQs
Purification culminates in divine proximity: sacred bathing and Śiva-darśana lead to the joy of Kailāsa.
Koṭitīrtha and the shrine/form of Śiva known as Koṭīśvara are celebrated.
Snāna at Koṭitīrtha and darśana of Koṭīśvara Śiva.