Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 3
तीर्थं निर्माय तत्रैव सस्नुस्ते कपयो मुदा । तीर्थाय च वरं प्रादुः कपयः कामरूपिणः
tīrthaṃ nirmāya tatraiva sasnuste kapayo mudā | tīrthāya ca varaṃ prāduḥ kapayaḥ kāmarūpiṇaḥ
وبعد أن أنشأوا التيرثا اغتسل الفانارا هناك بعينها فرحين؛ ثم إن أولئك الفانارا القادرين على التشكل حسب المشيئة منحوا للتيرثا نفسه نعمةً وبركة.
Sūta (continued narration)
Tirtha: Kapitīrtha
Type: tirtha
Listener: Dvijāḥ/Ṛṣayaḥ
Scene: Vānaras, radiant and celebratory, bathe in the newly made Kapitīrtha; a subtle divine glow rises from the water as they grant a boon to the tīrtha, personified as a luminous presence.
FAQs
Creating and honoring a tīrtha through joyful bathing and blessing reflects devotion that sanctifies geography into a liberation-giving place.
Kapitīrtha, where the Vānaras bathed and granted a boon to the site.
Snāna (ritual bathing) at the tīrtha is implied as a central sacred act.