Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 3
त्वं पार्थ तत्र स्नात्वा हि मोक्ष्यसे सर्वपात कात् । तच्छ्रुत्वा व्यासवाक्यं हि धर्म्मराजो युधिष्ठिरः
tvaṃ pārtha tatra snātvā hi mokṣyase sarvapāta kāt | tacchrutvā vyāsavākyaṃ hi dharmmarājo yudhiṣṭhiraḥ
ହେ ପାର୍ଥ! ସେଠାରେ ସ୍ନାନ କଲେ ତୁମେ ସମସ୍ତ ପାପରୁ ମୁକ୍ତ ହେବ। ବ୍ୟାସଙ୍କ ଏହି ବାକ୍ୟ ଶୁଣି ଧର୍ମରାଜ ଯୁଧିଷ୍ଠିର (ପ୍ରତିକ୍ରିୟା କଲେ)।
Vyāsa
Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya (implied)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira (and addressed ‘Pārtha’ within the instruction)
Scene: Vyāsa points toward the waters, declaring the fruit of bathing; Yudhiṣṭhira, attentive and resolute, prepares to act—hands folded, gaze steady toward the tīrtha.
FAQs
Tīrtha-snāna, performed with faith and dhārmic intent, is portrayed as a powerful means of purification and release from sin.
The same Dharmāraṇya-associated tīrtha previously praised; it is presented as capable of removing all pāpa through bathing.
Snāna (ritual bathing) at the tīrtha is the explicit practice, with the promised fruit of freedom from sins.