Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 37
कुलसंतारणंनाम तीर्थमेतद्भविष्यति । तस्मात्त्वमपि राजेंद्र सहाऽस्माभिर्दिवं प्रति । आगच्छानेन देहेन तीर्थस्यास्य प्रभावतः
kulasaṃtāraṇaṃnāma tīrthametadbhaviṣyati | tasmāttvamapi rājeṃdra sahā'smābhirdivaṃ prati | āgacchānena dehena tīrthasyāsya prabhāvataḥ
سيُعرَف هذا التيرثا باسم «كولاسَمْتارَنَة»—مُخلِّص السلالة. لذلك، يا سيّد الملوك، تعالَ معنا إلى السماء بهذا الجسد نفسه، ببركة قوّة هذا الموضع المقدّس.
Pitṛs (forefathers), reported by Pulastya
Tirtha: Kulasaṃtāraṇa
Type: ghat
Listener: Yayāti (royal sage/king)
Scene: A revered sage points out the Kulasaṃtāraṇa-tīrtha to a king; the tīrtha glows with sanctity as attendants beckon toward a celestial path, implying ascent ‘with this very body’.
FAQs
A tīrtha’s mahātmya is proven by its power to uplift lineage and grant extraordinary spiritual destiny through sincere rites.
Kulasaṃtāraṇa Tīrtha at Arbuda (identified and named here for its lineage-delivering power).
The implied foundation is snāna and tarpaṇa at this tīrtha; the verse highlights the resulting divine ascent attributed to tīrtha-prabhāva.