Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 13
त्रैलोक्ये यानि तीर्थानि गंगाद्याः सरितस्तथा । तेषां स फलमाप्नोति कोटितीर्थावगाहनात्
trailokye yāni tīrthāni gaṃgādyāḥ saritastathā | teṣāṃ sa phalamāpnoti koṭitīrthāvagāhanāt
บรรดาตีรถะทั้งปวงในไตรโลก และสายน้ำศักดิ์สิทธิ์ทั้งหลายมีคงคาเป็นต้น—ผลบุญของทั้งหมดนั้น ย่อมบรรลุได้เพียงอาบน้ำชำระที่โกฏิตีรถะเท่านั้น
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Koṭitīrtha
Type: ghat
Listener: Pārtha
Scene: Pilgrims bathe at a luminous ford named Koṭitīrtha; above the waters appear symbolic streams of Gaṅgā and other celestial rivers, suggesting ‘all tīrthas gathered’ into one confluence.
FAQs
A supremely sanctified tīrtha can concentrate the merit of many pilgrimages into a single act of reverent bathing.
Koṭitīrtha is exalted as equal in fruit to all tīrthas and even famed rivers like the Gaṅgā.
Avagāhana—ritual bathing/immersion at Koṭitīrtha.