Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 51
तत्तीर्थोत्थां मृदं गात्रे योजयित्वा नरोत्तमः । स्नानं करोति तीर्थानां सर्वेषां लभते फलम्
tattīrthotthāṃ mṛdaṃ gātre yojayitvā narottamaḥ | snānaṃ karoti tīrthānāṃ sarveṣāṃ labhate phalam
Seorang insan mulia menyapukan tanah suci yang terbit dari tīrtha itu pada tubuhnya lalu mandi; dengan demikian dia memperoleh pahala seolah-olah mandi di semua tīrtha.
Unspecified narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya
Tirtha: Śuklatīrtha
Type: kund
Scene: A pilgrim reverently applies pale clay from the tīrtha onto his body, then steps into the water for snāna; surrounding aura suggests the merit of ‘all tīrthas’ converging into this act.
FAQs
Concentrated sanctity is attributed to certain places: one tīrtha can bestow the merit of many when approached properly.
Śuklatīrtha (context), especially its tīrtha-clay used as a sacred aid to bathing.
Apply tīrtha-origin clay to the body and then perform snāna to gain the fruits of all tīrthas.