Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 62
तत्रापि द्वादशी श्रेष्ठा राजन्दामोदरे जले । किमन्यैर्बहुभिस्तीर्थेः कि क्षेत्रैः कि महावनैः । दामोदरे नरः स्नात्वा सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते
tatrāpi dvādaśī śreṣṭhā rājandāmodare jale | kimanyairbahubhistīrtheḥ ki kṣetraiḥ ki mahāvanaiḥ | dāmodare naraḥ snātvā sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate
حتى هناك، أيها الملك، فإن يوم الدوادشي هو الأفضل لمياه دامودارا. فما الحاجة إلى تيرثات كثيرة أخرى، أو إلى حقول مقدّسة أخرى، أو إلى غابات عظيمة؟ من اغتسل في دامودارا تحرّر من جميع الآثام.
Bhadra
Tirtha: Dāmodara-tīrtha
Type: ghat
Listener: Rājā (unnamed)
Scene: A royal listener at the river/kuṇḍa of Dāmodara on Dvādaśī: priests indicate auspicious timing; the bather emerges from water as dark smoke-like sins dissolve, while distant pilgrims and lamps suggest Kārttika sanctity.
FAQs
A single, highly sanctified act—bathing at the right tīrtha and time—can purify deeply, surpassing many scattered pilgrimages.
Dāmodara-tīrtha, especially its sacred waters.
Snāna (ritual bathing) in Dāmodara waters, with Dvādaśī highlighted as the most auspicious day.