Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 75
नश्यंति तत्क्षणादेव न जाने स्नानजं फलम् । तत्र गत्वा तव ज्येष्ठो यदि स्नायान्महत्तरे
naśyaṃti tatkṣaṇādeva na jāne snānajaṃ phalam | tatra gatvā tava jyeṣṭho yadi snāyānmahattare
Semua itu lenyap serta-merta—aku pun tidak mampu mengukur pahala yang lahir daripada mandi suci di sana. Jika setelah pergi ke sana, abang sulungmu mandi di tīrtha yang paling utama itu…
Vidyādhara-kulādhipa
Tirtha: Mahattara tīrtha (unnamed) near Cakratīrtha
Type: ghat
Scene: At the shore-tīrtha, the speaker stresses that sins vanish instantly and the bathing fruit is beyond measure; the scene anticipates a cursed being’s redemption through snāna.
FAQs
Purification is intensified in tīrthas: bathing (snāna) is portrayed as yielding immeasurable merit and swift cleansing.
The “mahattara” tīrtha near Cakratīrtha on the southern ocean shore within Setukhaṇḍa.
Snāna (ritual bathing) at the supremely great tīrtha is prescribed as the effective act.