Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 26
येषां संश्रवणादेव नरः पापात्प्रमुच्यते । ध्यानात्स्नानात्तथा दानात्स्पर्शनाद्विजसत्तमाः
yeṣāṃ saṃśravaṇādeva naraḥ pāpātpramucyate | dhyānātsnānāttathā dānātsparśanādvijasattamāḥ
اُن (تیرتھوں) کا محض ذکر سن لینے سے ہی انسان گناہ سے چھوٹ جاتا ہے؛ اسی طرح اُن پر دھیان کرنے سے، وہاں اسنان کرنے سے، دان دینے سے، اور عقیدت سے چھونے سے بھی—اے بہترین دْوِج۔
Sūta
Type: tirtha
Listener: dvija-sattamāḥ
Scene: A sequence tableau: devotees listening to a tīrtha-kathā, then meditating, then bathing at a ghat, then offering charity to a brāhmaṇa/poor, then touching the sacred water/stone steps with folded hands—each vignette radiating cleansing light that dispels dark ‘pāpa’ forms.
FAQs
Tīrthas purify through multiple channels—knowledge (hearing), inner worship (meditation), ritual (bathing), ethics (charity), and embodied reverence (touch).
The statement applies broadly to the tīrthas established in the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra being discussed.
Śravaṇa (hearing), dhyāna (meditation), snāna (sacred bath), dāna (charity), and sparśa (reverent touch/contact) are listed as means of purification.