Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 59
स्तम्भतीर्थमिति ख्यातं सर्वतीर्थफलप्रदम् । यश्चात्र स्नानदानानि प्रकरिष्यति मानवः
stambhatīrthamiti khyātaṃ sarvatīrthaphalapradam | yaścātra snānadānāni prakariṣyati mānavaḥ
‘स्तंभतीर्थ’ म्हणून ख्यात हे तीर्थ सर्व तीर्थांचे फळ देणारे आहे. आणि जो मनुष्य येथे स्नान व दान करील—
Dharma (personified), stating the phala-śruti
Tirtha: Stambhatīrtha
Type: tirtha
Listener: Skanda/Guha (and/or assembly)
Scene: Pilgrims bathing at a ford near a pillar; some offer gifts to brāhmaṇas/sādhus; the atmosphere is auspicious, with the sense that ‘all tīrthas’ are present invisibly.
FAQs
Sincere snāna (holy bathing) and dāna (charity) at a divinely praised tīrtha can yield comprehensive spiritual merit.
Stambhatīrtha.
Snāna (bathing) and dāna (charitable giving) are prescribed at Stambhatīrtha.