Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 77
तस्य वासो भवेन्नित्य विष्णुलोके सनातने । अक्षयं स्वर्गमाप्नोति तीर्थ स्नानेन मानवः
tasya vāso bhavennitya viṣṇuloke sanātane | akṣayaṃ svargamāpnoti tīrtha snānena mānavaḥ
அவனுக்கு சனாதனமான விஷ்ணுலோகத்தில் நித்திய வாசம் உண்டாகும். தீர்த்தத்தில் நீராடினால் மனிதன் அழியாத சுவர்க்கத்தை அடைவான்.
Narrator (continuation of the dāna/snānaphala context)
Tirtha: Ayodhyā-tīrtha (Sarayū-snānāṅga implied)
Type: ghat
Listener: Pilgrimage-inquirer audience (implied)
Scene: Pilgrims at dawn on the Sarayū ghāṭa in Ayodhyā, hands folded, entering the water for snāna while envisioning Viṣṇu’s eternal realm above—Vaikuṇṭha with conch, discus, and radiant attendants.
FAQs
Tīrtha-bathing, especially when paired with devotional giving, is portrayed as leading to lasting spiritual reward and proximity to Viṣṇu.
The same Ayodhyā-region tīrtha being discussed in this chapter, whose snāna is said to yield imperishable heavenly results.
Tīrtha-snānā (ritual bathing at the pilgrimage site) as a direct means to spiritual merit.