Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 2
यस्याः स्मरणमात्रेण मुक्तः स्यान्मानवो भुवि । धनुष्कोटिं प्रपश्यंति स्नांति वा कथयंति ये
yasyāḥ smaraṇamātreṇa muktaḥ syānmānavo bhuvi | dhanuṣkoṭiṃ prapaśyaṃti snāṃti vā kathayaṃti ye
जिच्या केवळ स्मरणाने पृथ्वीवर मनुष्य मुक्त होतो; जे धनुष्कोटीचे दर्शन करतात, तेथे स्नान करतात किंवा तिची महिमा कथन करतात, त्यांनाही तेच फळ मिळते।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa)
Tirtha: Dhanuṣkoṭi
Type: kshetra
Listener: Naimiṣāraṇya sages (implied)
Scene: A devotee seated facing the sea remembers Dhanuṣkoṭi with folded hands; beside him, pilgrims bathe at the shore while a storyteller recites the tīrtha-māhātmya to an attentive group.
FAQs
Contact with sacred place is multi-layered—remembrance, seeing, bathing, and narration all transmit purifying merit.
Dhanuṣkoṭi, praised as so holy that even its remembrance is liberating.
Darśana (visiting/seeing), snāna (bathing), and kathana (recounting its māhātmya).