Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 12
तीर्थानां दर्शनं श्रेयः स्पर्शनं स्नानमेव च । कीर्तनं स्मरणं चापि न स्यात्पुण्यं विना परम्
tīrthānāṃ darśanaṃ śreyaḥ sparśanaṃ snānameva ca | kīrtanaṃ smaraṇaṃ cāpi na syātpuṇyaṃ vinā param
تیرتھوں کا درشن مبارک ہے؛ ان کا لمس اور ان میں اسنان بھی۔ نیز ان کی کیرتن اور سمرن بھی—یہ سب کچھ اعلیٰ پُنّیہ کے بغیر واقع نہیں ہوتا۔
Brahmā
Tirtha: Tīrtha (generic; all sacred fords)
Type: tirtha
Scene: A didactic tableau: five panels or a single composition showing a pilgrim seeing a tīrtha, touching its waters, bathing, singing its praise, and meditating upon it—each radiating merit.
FAQs
Contact with sacred places—by body, speech, or mind—inevitably yields puṇya and elevates one’s spiritual life.
The teaching is general, applying to all tīrthas as a category within Purāṇic sacred geography.
Darśana (seeing), sparśana (touching), snāna (bathing), kīrtana (praising), and smaraṇa (remembering) are enumerated as meritorious practices.