Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 19
तत्र स्नात्वा नरो भक्त्या न दुर्गतिमवाप्नुयात् । सांबतीर्थं ततो गच्छेत्सर्वपापप्रणाशनम्
tatra snātvā naro bhaktyā na durgatimavāpnuyāt | sāṃbatīrthaṃ tato gacchetsarvapāpapraṇāśanam
Banhandose ali com devoção, o homem não cai em destino funesto. Depois deve ir a Sāmbatīrtha, o tīrtha sagrado que destrói todos os pecados.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced from Purāṇic narration style within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa)
Tirtha: Sāmbatīrtha
Type: ghat
Listener: Viprendra-s / pilgrims
Scene: A pilgrim bathes with folded hands at a sun-tinted lake; the path then leads to a marked ford named for Sāmba, where the atmosphere feels intensely purifying, with priests guiding rites.
FAQs
Devotional pilgrimage and sacred bathing protect one from spiritual downfall and cleanse sin.
Sāmbatīrtha, praised as a sin-destroying tīrtha in the Dvārakā region.
Snāna (ritual bathing) performed with bhakti, followed by pilgrimage to Sāmbatīrtha.