धूतपापे च तीर्थानां षष्टिरष्टाधिका स्थिता । स्कन्दतीर्थे शतं पुण्यं तीर्थानां मुनिरुक्तवान्
dhūtapāpe ca tīrthānāṃ ṣaṣṭiraṣṭādhikā sthitā | skandatīrthe śataṃ puṇyaṃ tīrthānāṃ muniruktavān
دھوتَپاپ کے تیرتھ میں اڑسٹھ تیرتھ قائم ہیں۔ اور اسکند تیرتھ میں منی نے سو مقدّس تیرتھوں کی موجودگی بیان کی ہے۔
Mārkaṇḍeya (as referenced in this adhyāya’s narration)
Tirtha: Dhūtapāpa; Skanda-tīrtha
Type: ghat
Listener: assembled ṛṣis/śaunaka-group (contextual)
Scene: A serene river-ford on Revā with multiple miniature shrines/lingas and bathing pilgrims; a sage points out that many tīrthas ‘reside’ here; Skanda’s presence implied by a spear-banner or peacock emblem near Skanda-tīrtha.
Tīrthas are celebrated as places of purification and accumulated merit, with Skanda-tīrtha especially honored as richly sanctified.
Dhūtapāpa-tīrtha and Skanda-tīrtha, the latter explicitly linked to Skanda’s sacred presence.
No explicit ritual is given; Dhūtapāpa’s very name suggests sin-cleansing through traditional tīrtha practices such as snāna and worship.