Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 30
नाशयंति मनुष्याणां सर्वपापानि लीलया । तीर्थानां परमं तीर्थं धर्मारण्यं प्रचक्षते
nāśayaṃti manuṣyāṇāṃ sarvapāpāni līlayā | tīrthānāṃ paramaṃ tīrthaṃ dharmāraṇyaṃ pracakṣate
وہ انسانوں کے تمام گناہوں کو گویا کھیل ہی کھیل میں مٹا دیتے ہیں۔ تمام تیرتھوں میں دھرم آرنْیہ کو سب سے اعلیٰ تیرتھ کہا گیا ہے۔
Unknown (Dharmāraṇya Khaṇḍa narrative voice; speaker not explicit in excerpt)
Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya
Type: kshetra
Scene: A panoramic vision of Dharmāraṇya as a radiant sacred forest filled with tīrthas; sins appear as dark forms dissolving playfully in the kṣetra’s light, emphasizing ‘līlayā’ destruction.
FAQs
The highest tīrtha is defined by its power to dissolve sin effortlessly, drawing pilgrims toward dharma-centered sacred landscapes.
Dharmāraṇya is explicitly proclaimed the supreme tīrtha among all tīrthas.
No single ritual is prescribed here; the verse concludes the māhātmya by declaring Dharmāraṇya’s unsurpassed purifying power.