Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 11
उद्धरेत्सप्तगोत्राणि कुलमेकोत्तरं शतम् । यमुनायां नरः स्नात्वा सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते
uddharetsaptagotrāṇi kulamekottaraṃ śatam | yamunāyāṃ naraḥ snātvā sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate
یَمُنا میں غسل کرنے سے انسان تمام گناہوں سے پاک ہو جاتا ہے؛ وہ سات گوتر (نسلی سلسلے) کا اُدھار کرتا ہے اور اپنے خاندان کی ایک سو ایک شاخوں کو بھی نجات دلاتا ہے۔
Sūta (deduced: Brāhma Khaṇḍa narrative style praising tīrthas)
Tirtha: Yamunā-tīrtha
Type: river
Scene: A pilgrim at dawn steps into the Yamunā, offering arghya; subtle ancestral figures appear behind him receiving upliftment, while the river glows with sanctity.
FAQs
Tīrtha-snānā (bathing at a sacred river) is portrayed as a powerful purifier that benefits both the individual and their ancestral line.
The river Yamunā is praised as a sin-destroying tīrtha.
Snāna—ritual bathing in the Yamunā.