Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 20
तत्र स्नानेन किं पुण्यं दानेन च महामते । तत्सर्वं श्रोतुमिच्छामस्त्वत्तः सूत गुणाधिक
tatra snānena kiṃ puṇyaṃ dānena ca mahāmate | tatsarvaṃ śrotumicchāmastvattaḥ sūta guṇādhika
اے صاحبِ حکمت! وہاں غسل کرنے اور دان دینے سے کیسا پُنّیہ حاصل ہوتا ہے؟ اے سوت، اوصاف میں برتر! ہم یہ سب کچھ آپ ہی سے سننا چاہتے ہیں۔
Ṛṣis (sages)
Tirtha: Ayodhyā (Sarayū-snānā context)
Type: ghat
Listener: Ṛṣis
Scene: Sages, with earnest devotion, ask Sūta to detail the merits of bathing and charity in Ayodhyā—evoking ghāṭa rituals and almsgiving scenes.
FAQs
Dharma at a tīrtha is practiced through purifying acts (snāna) and compassionate giving (dāna), which together mature spiritual merit.
Ayodhyā in general; the verse asks about the merits of rituals performed there.
Snāna (bathing) and dāna (charity) are explicitly referenced as key tīrtha-practices whose benefits are to be explained.