Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 4
अस्मिंस्तीर्थे निमग्ना ये भक्तिप्रवणचेतसः । ते सर्वे मुक्तिभाजः स्युर्महापातकमोचिताः
asmiṃstīrthe nimagnā ye bhaktipravaṇacetasaḥ | te sarve muktibhājaḥ syurmahāpātakamocitāḥ
Mereka yang menyelam di tīrtha ini dengan hati yang tunduk dalam bhakti, semuanya menjadi penerima mokṣa serta terlepas daripada dosa-dosa besar.
Sūta (continued narration; reporting the tīrtha’s boon)
Tirtha: Kapitīrtha
Type: tirtha
Listener: Dvijāḥ/Ṛṣayaḥ
Scene: Devotees with folded hands immerse in Kapitīrtha; dark smoke-like ‘sins’ dissolve into the water while a calm luminous aura rises, symbolizing mokṣa and purification.
FAQs
Tīrtha practice bears its highest fruit when joined with bhakti; devotion transforms bathing into a liberating, purifying act.
Kapitīrtha, praised as granting mokṣa and freedom from great sins.
Nimajjana/snānā—immersive bathing in the tīrtha—performed with a devotional disposition.