Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 26
तां तु पश्यति यो भक्त्या दीयमानां द्विजोत्तमे । तस्य वर्षशतं पापं नश्यते नात्र संशयः
tāṃ tu paśyati yo bhaktyā dīyamānāṃ dvijottame | tasya varṣaśataṃ pāpaṃ naśyate nātra saṃśayaḥ
لیکن اے برہمنوں میں افضل، جو کوئی بھکتی کے ساتھ، دان دیے جاتے وقت، اُس کے درشن کر لے—اس کے سو برس کے گناہ مٹ جاتے ہیں؛ اس میں کوئی شک نہیں۔
Mārkaṇḍeya
Tirtha: Kapilā-tīrtha
Type: ghat
Listener: dvijottama (best brāhmaṇa addressed)
Scene: A devotee stands with folded hands watching a donor offer gifts at the riverbank; Kapilā is perceived as radiant presence; the verse’s ‘no doubt’ is shown as a clear halo of purification around the witness.
FAQs
Devotional participation—even through reverent witnessing—shares in the sanctifying power of righteous acts performed at a tīrtha.
Kapilā-tīrtha is implied as the setting where Kapilā is honored and seen with devotion.
Devotional darśana of Kapilā during the act of giving/offerings (dāna/arpana) is highlighted as spiritually efficacious.