Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 22
ममाश्रयाणि तान्येव सर्वपापहराणि च । कामदानि वरारोहे मत्प्रभावादसंशयम्
mamāśrayāṇi tānyeva sarvapāpaharāṇi ca | kāmadāni varārohe matprabhāvādasaṃśayam
وہی تیرتھ میرے سائے اور پناہ میں ہیں اور تمام گناہوں کو ہر لینے والے ہیں۔ اے خوش اندام! میرے اثر سے وہ مرادیں عطا کرتے ہیں—اس میں کوئی شک نہیں۔
Śiva (deduced)
Tirtha: Aṣṭaṣaṣṭi-tīrthas (68)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (addressed as varārohe)
Scene: A protective mantle motif: the deity’s presence envelops multiple tīrthas like a garland; pilgrims receive purification and boons as rays or streams of light emanate from the divine source.
FAQs
The purifying and wish-fulfilling power of tīrthas is grounded in divine guardianship—pilgrimage is participation in that sacred power.
Not a single site; the verse praises the entire set of tīrthas as sin-destroying and boon-giving under Śiva’s protection.
No specific rite is stated here; it establishes the doctrinal basis for tīrtha fruits (pāpa-hara, kāma-dāna).