Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 63
संति तीर्थान्यनेकानि पापत्राणकराणि च । न शक्तान्यधिकं दातुं कृतैनः परिशुद्धितः
saṃti tīrthānyanekāni pāpatrāṇakarāṇi ca | na śaktānyadhikaṃ dātuṃ kṛtainaḥ pariśuddhitaḥ
بےشمار تیرتھ ہیں جو گناہوں سے بچاتے ہیں؛ مگر وہ کیے ہوئے گناہوں کی کامل صفائی سے بڑھ کر کوئی زائد تطہیر عطا کرنے کے قادر نہیں۔
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī (implied as superior purifier)
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: A contemplative pilgrim hears a sage’s teaching: countless tīrthas are shown as river-fords in the distance, while Kāśī shines as a luminous kṣetra suggesting a higher, liberating purity.
FAQs
Not all tīrthas bestow the same measure of purification; the text prepares the reader for the supreme greatness of a foremost tīrtha.
The passage is setting up the glorification of Prayāga, renowned as the Tīrtharāja (King of Tīrthas).
No specific rite is prescribed here; it speaks generally of tīrtha-based purification from sin.