Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 14
प्रयागोपि च तीर्थेशो यत्र साक्षात्स्वयं स्थितः । पापिनां पापसंघातं प्रसह्य निजतेजसा
prayāgopi ca tīrtheśo yatra sākṣātsvayaṃ sthitaḥ | pāpināṃ pāpasaṃghātaṃ prasahya nijatejasā
پرَیاگ بھی—تیرتھوں کا تیرتھیش—جہاں وہ خود ساکشات حاضر ہے، اپنی ہی تجلی سے گنہگاروں کے جمع شدہ گناہوں کے انبار کو زور سے مٹا دیتا ہے۔
Skanda (continuing the tīrtha-glorification, comparing with Prayāga)
Tirtha: Prayāga (Triveṇī Saṅgama)
Type: sangam
Scene: The Triveṇī Saṅgama at Prayāga with pilgrims bathing; a central radiant presence (deity’s tejas) shown as a column of light dissolving dark sin-forms around bathers.
FAQs
A true tīrtha is portrayed as a living presence whose spiritual ‘radiance’ can overwhelm even heavy karmic accumulation when approached with reverence.
Prayāga (Prayagraj), identified as tīrtheśa, invoked as a benchmark while narrating Pañcanada’s greatness in Kāśī.
No explicit prescription; the verse implies the merit of visiting and bathing at Prayāga and, by extension, venerating the described tīrtha powers.