Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 14
तत्र तीर्थे तु यः स्नात्वा पूजयेद्ब्राह्मणाञ्छुभान् । शान्तदान्तजितक्रोधान्स लभेत्कोटिजं फलम्
tatra tīrthe tu yaḥ snātvā pūjayedbrāhmaṇāñchubhān | śāntadāntajitakrodhānsa labhetkoṭijaṃ phalam
اور جو اس تیرتھ میں اشنان کر کے نیک برہمنوں کی تعظیم کرے—جو پُرامن، ضبطِ نفس والے اور غصے پر غالب ہوں—وہ کروڑ گنا ثواب پاتا ہے۔
Unspecified in snippet (contextual narrator within Revākhaṇḍa)
Tirtha: Cakratīrtha (by immediate context ‘tatra tīrthe’)
Type: ghat
Scene: At the ghat after bathing, pilgrims respectfully seat serene brāhmaṇas, wash their feet, offer food and cloth; the brāhmaṇas are depicted calm, self-restrained, with gentle faces—embodying śama and dama.
FAQs
Tīrtha-snān becomes especially fruitful when paired with dharmic service—honoring the virtuous and self-controlled.
The same sacred place described in the passage—Cakratīrtha in the Revā Khaṇḍa context.
Bathing at the tīrtha and then honoring virtuous brāhmaṇas (a form of pūjā/sevā/dāna).