Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 12
तत्र तीर्थे तु यः स्नात्वा पूजयेत्परमेश्वरम् । गोसहस्रफलं तस्य लभते नात्र संशयः
tatra tīrthe tu yaḥ snātvā pūjayetparameśvaram | gosahasraphalaṃ tasya labhate nātra saṃśayaḥ
اس تِیرتھ میں جو کوئی اشنان کر کے پرمیشور کی پوجا کرے، وہ ہزار گایوں کے دان کے برابر ثواب پاتا ہے—اس میں کوئی شک نہیں۔
Narrator (contextual; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa)
Tirtha: Kāpila-tīrtha (implied by immediate context)
Type: ghat
Listener: Ṛṣis (frame typical; not explicit)
Scene: A pilgrim bathes at the river ghāṭa and then offers worship to Parameśvara; in the background, a symbolic procession of a thousand cows appears as a luminous metaphor for the merit gained.
FAQs
Pilgrimage-bathing and sincere worship at a sanctified site can yield immense merit comparable to major charity.
The verse praises the (contextual) Kāpila-tīrtha in the Revā (Narmadā) region.
Snāna at the tīrtha followed by worship (pūjā) of Parameśvara.