Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 28
तस्मात्तिलोदकीस्नानं सर्वपापहरं मुने । कर्त्तव्यं सुप्रयत्नेन प्राणिभिर्धर्मकांक्षिभिः । स्नानं दानं व्रतं होमं सर्वमक्षयतां व्रजेत्
tasmāttilodakīsnānaṃ sarvapāpaharaṃ mune | karttavyaṃ suprayatnena prāṇibhirdharmakāṃkṣibhiḥ | snānaṃ dānaṃ vrataṃ homaṃ sarvamakṣayatāṃ vrajet
پس اے مُنی! تیلودکی میں غسل—جو تمام گناہوں کو ہر لیتا ہے—دھرم کے خواہاں جانداروں کو بڑی کوشش سے کرنا چاہیے۔ وہاں غسل، دان، ورت اور ہوم—ہر عمل اَکشَی (لازوال) پھل کو پہنچتا ہے۔
Unspecified (addressing a muni within the Ayodhyāmāhātmya dialogue)
Tirtha: Tilodakī
Type: river
Listener: Muni (addressed: 'muṇe')
Scene: A sage instructs pilgrims at Tilodakī: some bathe, others distribute alms, some keep vrata marks, and a small homa fire burns on the bank; the river’s dark holy water glows; the atmosphere conveys ‘akṣaya’ through enduring light.
FAQs
Pilgrimage becomes most fruitful when paired with intentional dharma—discipline, charity, vows, and worship—yielding akṣaya (imperishable) merit.
The Tilodakī tīrtha/river associated with Ayodhyā.
Tilodakī-snāna is recommended, along with dāna (charity), vrata (vows), and homa (oblations), performed with earnest effort.