Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 10
यान्स्मृत्वा विविधैः पापैर्मुच्यते नात्र संशयः । तेषां प्रसादाद्वक्ष्येऽहं तीर्थानां फलमुत्तमम् । सर्वेषां च नियंतारं धर्मात्मानं प्रणम्य च
yānsmṛtvā vividhaiḥ pāpairmucyate nātra saṃśayaḥ | teṣāṃ prasādādvakṣye'haṃ tīrthānāṃ phalamuttamam | sarveṣāṃ ca niyaṃtāraṃ dharmātmānaṃ praṇamya ca
Dengan mengingati mereka, seseorang terlepas daripada pelbagai jenis dosa—tiada keraguan tentang hal itu. Dengan rahmat mereka, aku akan menyatakan buah yang paling utama daripada tīrtha-tīrtha suci; dan setelah menunduk menyembah Tuhan yang berjiwa dharma, penguasa segala-galanya…
Narrative voice (contextual; framed as the narrator introducing tīrtha-phala)
Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya (sectional focus)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis (Naimiṣa assembly; implied)
Scene: A narrator with palm-leaf manuscript raises his hand in vow-like gesture, indicating he will proclaim tīrtha fruits; above, a cluster of deities bestow grace; in the foreground, he bows to the all-controlling righteous Lord.
FAQs
Divine remembrance (smaraṇa) and grace are presented as powerful means for purification, leading into the teaching on tīrtha merits.
The verse announces the topic—tīrtha fruits—without naming a particular site yet; the Dharmāraṇya tīrtha-field is the implied setting.
Smaraṇa (remembering) and praṇāma (bowing) are emphasized as devotional acts preceding tīrtha discourse.