Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 113
स्नानदानानुरूप्येण प्राप्नुवंति परं पदम् । केचित्स्नानप्रभावेन केचिद्दानेन मानवाः
snānadānānurūpyeṇa prāpnuvaṃti paraṃ padam | kecitsnānaprabhāvena keciddānena mānavāḥ
ஸ்நானமும் தானமும் எவ்வளவு அளவோ அதற்கேற்ப மனிதர்கள் பரம பதத்தை அடைகிறார்கள். சிலர் ஸ்நானத்தின் பலத்தால், சிலர் தானத்தின் பலத்தால் (அதை அடைகிறார்கள்).
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: Pilgrims at Prabhāsa perform dawn bathing, then offer gifts—food, cloth, coins—to ascetics and the needy; above them, a subtle radiance suggests the ‘supreme state’ approached through these twin acts.
FAQs
Different dharmic practices—bathing and charity—can each become a direct cause of the highest goal when performed in a tīrtha.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where snāna and dāna are portrayed as especially efficacious.
Practice snāna (tīrtha-bathing) and dāna (charity), with results proportional to one’s performance.