Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 80
इत्येवमादिसर्वेषु मध्येऽन्यत्र न कर्मणि । यत्फलं सर्वतीर्थेषु सर्वयज्ञेषु यत्फलम् । तत्फलं तव तोयस्य स्पर्शादेव भविष्यति
ityevamādisarveṣu madhye'nyatra na karmaṇi | yatphalaṃ sarvatīrtheṣu sarvayajñeṣu yatphalam | tatphalaṃ tava toyasya sparśādeva bhaviṣyati
یوں تمام مقدس اعمال میں اس کے برابر کوئی دوسرا عمل نہیں؛ تمام تِیرتھوں اور تمام یَجْنوں سے جو ثواب ملتا ہے، وہی ثواب تمہارے پانی کے محض لمس سے حاصل ہو جائے گا۔
Īśvara (narrator framing the dialogue; the praise is voiced as a boon/assurance to Sāgara)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa sacred waters (toya)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A devotee touches shimmering sacred water; above the water appear symbolic visions of many tirthas and yajña fires—like a cosmic montage—indicating ‘all rites contained in one touch.’
FAQs
In a great tīrtha, simple contact with sacred water can confer vast merit, surpassing complex ritualism.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra—especially the sacred sea associated with Somnāth/Soma-tīrtha.
Sparśa (touch) of the sacred water is itself presented as a merit-giving act.