Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 34
ये चात्र मलनाशाय विशेयुर्मानवा जलम् । गोप्रदानफलं तेषां सुखेन फलमादिशेत्
ye cātra malanāśāya viśeyurmānavā jalam | gopradānaphalaṃ teṣāṃ sukhena phalamādiśet
இங்கே மாசு நீங்குவதற்காக நீரில் இறங்கும் மக்களுக்கு, கோதானத்தின் பலன் எளிதாகக் கிடைக்கும் என்று அறிவிக்க வேண்டும்।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa tīrtha-jala
Type: ghat
Scene: People step into clear sacred water with a focus on cleansing; above them appears a symbolic cow (go) made of light, indicating go-dāna fruit attained easily.
FAQs
Holy bathing undertaken for purification can confer great merit comparable to major gifts.
The sacred waters at Prabhāsa-kṣetra (the local tīrtha implied by “here”).
Entering/bathing in the tīrtha waters for cleansing (mala-nāśa) and purification.