Matsyapurana 109.1

109.1

*mārkaṇḍeya uvāca
śrutaṃ me brahmaṇā proktaṃ purāṇe brahmasambhave
tīrthānāṃ tu sahasrāṇi śatāni niyutāni ca
sarve puṇyāḥ pavitrāśca gatiśca paramā smṛtā //

Mârkaṇḍeya said:—The thousands of tîrthas that I have heard described in the Brahma Purâṇa by Brahmâ, are sacred, purifying and givers of emancipation. There is one Somatîrtha which is the most sacred and the dispeller of all sins, where by mere bathing one gets the deliverance of hundreds of his ancestors; one should, therefore, unavoidably bathe in it.—1-2.