Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 6
तत्फलं समवाप्नोति तत्तीर्थस्य प्रभावतः । यस्मिंस्तीर्थे तु यो देवो दानवो वा द्विजोऽथ वा
tatphalaṃ samavāpnoti tattīrthasya prabhāvataḥ | yasmiṃstīrthe tu yo devo dānavo vā dvijo'tha vā
—buah pahala yang sama itu diperoleh berkat daya tīrtha tersebut. Dan di mana-mana tīrtha, sama ada seorang dewa, seorang Dānava, ataupun seorang dvija (dua-kali-lahir) yang—
Mārkaṇḍeya
Tirtha: Brahmāvarta (context)
Type: ghat
Scene: A symbolic tableau: a devotee worships at the tīrtha while behind them appear faint images of many yajñas—fire altars, priests, dakṣiṇā gifts—dissolving into the river’s radiance, indicating the tīrtha’s power to bestow equivalent fruit.
FAQs
The Purāṇas stress tīrtha-prabhāva: sanctified places can bestow spiritual attainments beyond social or cosmic status.
Primarily Brahmāvarta Tīrtha, while also stating a general principle about tīrthas.
No new rite is specified here; it explains the efficacy (prabhāva) behind earlier rites like snāna and worship.