Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 40
लिप्यते न च पापेन कथंचित्तकृतेन च । नरो वा यदि वा नारी तत्तीर्थस्य प्रभावतः
lipyate na ca pāpena kathaṃcittakṛtena ca | naro vā yadi vā nārī tattīrthasya prabhāvataḥ
Dengan pengaruh suci tīrtha itu, sama ada lelaki atau perempuan tidak ternoda oleh dosa—walau apa jua kesalahan yang dilakukan dengan cara apa pun.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating (deduced)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A luminous tīrtha—riverbank or sacred tank—radiating a protective aura; men and women stand within the glow, their dark ‘stains’ symbolically dissolving into light.
FAQs
It proclaims the exceptional ‘prabhāva’ of the sacred place: contact with the tīrtha overrides moral taint and grants purification.
The ‘that tīrtha’ refers to the Rudraśīrṣa-tīrtha/kuṇḍa praised in this adhyāya.
Implicitly, visiting/approaching the tīrtha is valorized; the explicit snāna prescription appears earlier in the passage.