Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 47
तावत्पापानि देहेषु महापातकजान्यपि । यावन्न प्रेक्षते जन्तुस्तत्तीर्थं देवसेवितम्
tāvatpāpāni deheṣu mahāpātakajānyapi | yāvanna prekṣate jantustattīrthaṃ devasevitam
Selama makhluk yang berjasad belum memandang tīrtha itu—yang dipuja dan dilayani para dewa—selama itu juga dosa-dosa, bahkan yang lahir daripada mahāpātaka, tetap melekat dalam diri.
Narrative voice (contextual; preceding verses praise the tīrtha)
Tirtha: Skanda-nāmaka Tīrtha
Type: ghat
Scene: A weary pilgrim burdened by dark, smoky sin-symbols approaches a radiant river-ford; as the tīrtha comes into view, the darkness dissolves; devas are shown worshipping the place with flowers and lamps.
FAQs
Darśana (beholding) of a divinely honored tīrtha initiates the destruction of even severe sins.
A devasevita tīrtha within the Revā Khaṇḍa context, leading into the praise of Kumbheśvara.
No explicit ritual is stated here; the act emphasized is darśana—seeing the tīrtha.