Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 9
सरस्वत्या स्तटे शुभ्रे सर्वपातकनाशने । शास्त्रगोष्ठीरता नित्यं तत्र तिष्ठ मया सह
sarasvatyā staṭe śubhre sarvapātakanāśane | śāstragoṣṭhīratā nityaṃ tatra tiṣṭha mayā saha
அனைத்துப் பாவங்களையும் அழிக்கும் சரஸ்வதியின் ஒளிமிகு கரையில், என்னுடன் அங்கேயே தங்கி, நாள்தோறும் சாஸ்திரக் கூட்டங்களில் மகிழ்ந்து இரு।
Arundhatī
Tirtha: Sarasvatī-taṭa (śubhra-taṭa)
Type: ghat
Listener: Brāhmaṇas (addressed as implicit audience in the surrounding narrative style)
Scene: A luminous riverbank of Sarasvatī with white sands; two women/figures seated under a sacred tree, surrounded by sages and students in a śāstra-goṣṭhī; palm-leaf manuscripts, waterpots, and a calm, purifying atmosphere.
FAQs
Purification is supported by holy geography and holy conversation—living near a tīrtha and engaging in śāstra strengthens dharma.
The bank of the Sarasvatī River is praised as “sarvapātakanāśana,” a remover of all sins.
A lifestyle-dharma is implied: residence at the sacred bank and regular śāstra-goṣṭhī (scriptural discourse).