Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 13
अवाह्यवाहिते यत्स्याददोह्यादोहने यथा । स्नानमात्रेण तस्यैवं यान्ति पापान्यनेकधा
avāhyavāhite yatsyādadohyādohane yathā | snānamātreṇa tasyaivaṃ yānti pāpānyanekadhā
अवाह्यं वहितं यद्वत् अदोह्यं दोहितं यथा च दोषकरं भवति, तथा तस्मिन् तीर्थजले स्नानमात्रेणैव पापानि नानाविधं विनश्यन्ति।
Narrator (tīrtha-snana phala statement)
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) Snāna-tīrtha
Type: ghat
Scene: Pilgrims descend stone steps to a broad, calm river; a sage instructs them on purity while symbolic ‘sins’ dissolve like dark smoke over the water.
FAQs
Tīrtha-snana is presented as a powerful purifier that dissolves diverse moral faults through sacred contact.
Revā/Narmadā tīrtha (implied by the surrounding Revākhaṇḍa context).
Snāna (bathing), emphasized as effective even when performed as the sole act.
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