Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1
ईश्वर उवाच । ततो गच्छेन्महादेवि शंडतीर्थमनुत्तमम् । सर्वपापोपशमनं सर्वकामफलप्रदम्
īśvara uvāca | tato gacchenmahādevi śaṃḍatīrthamanuttamam | sarvapāpopaśamanaṃ sarvakāmaphalapradam
ஈஸ்வரன் கூறினார்—பின்னர், ஓ மகாதேவி, ஒப்பற்ற சண்டதீர்த்தத்திற்குச் செல்ல வேண்டும்; அது எல்லாப் பாவங்களையும் தணித்து, எல்லா விருப்பங்களின் பலனையும் அளிக்கும்।
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Śaṇḍatīrtha
Type: ghat
Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Śiva, as guide, points the way to Śaṇḍatīrtha; the path opens to a luminous water-body/ghāṭ where pilgrims bathe, symbolizing the washing away of sins and the granting of boons.
FAQs
Pilgrimage to a divinely praised tīrtha is presented as both ethical purification (sin-relief) and dhārmic fulfillment (rightly gained desires).
Śaṇḍatīrtha, situated within the Prabhāsa-kṣetra framework of the Skanda Purāṇa.
The verse gives a direct injunction to go to the tīrtha; bathing (snāna) is implied by the term tīrtha though not explicitly stated here.