Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 80
इत्येवमादिसर्वेषु मध्येऽन्यत्र न कर्मणि । यत्फलं सर्वतीर्थेषु सर्वयज्ञेषु यत्फलम् । तत्फलं तव तोयस्य स्पर्शादेव भविष्यति
ityevamādisarveṣu madhye'nyatra na karmaṇi | yatphalaṃ sarvatīrtheṣu sarvayajñeṣu yatphalam | tatphalaṃ tava toyasya sparśādeva bhaviṣyati
Kaya nga, sa gitna ng lahat ng banal na pagsasagawa, wala nang ibang gawa na katulad nito: anumang gantimpalang kabanalan sa lahat ng banal na tawiran at anumang gantimpala sa lahat ng paghahandog—ang mismong bunga ring iyon ay lilitaw sa paghipo lamang sa iyong mga tubig.
Īśvara (narrator framing the dialogue; the praise is voiced as a boon/assurance to Sāgara)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa sacred waters (toya)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A devotee touches shimmering sacred water; above the water appear symbolic visions of many tirthas and yajña fires—like a cosmic montage—indicating ‘all rites contained in one touch.’
FAQs
In a great tīrtha, simple contact with sacred water can confer vast merit, surpassing complex ritualism.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra—especially the sacred sea associated with Somnāth/Soma-tīrtha.
Sparśa (touch) of the sacred water is itself presented as a merit-giving act.