Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 51
महारोगात्प्रमुच्येत तत्र स्नात्वारुणोदये । सांबादित्यं प्रपूज्यापि धर्ममक्षयमाप्नुयात्
mahārogātpramucyeta tatra snātvāruṇodaye | sāṃbādityaṃ prapūjyāpi dharmamakṣayamāpnuyāt
তাত অৰুণোদয়ত স্নান কৰিলে মহাৰোগৰ পৰা মুক্তি পায়; আৰু সাম্বাদিত্যক পূজা কৰিলেও অক্ষয় ধৰ্মপুণ্য লাভ কৰে।
Skanda
Tirtha: Sāmbakuṇḍa / Sāmbāditya-tīrtha
Type: kund
Scene: A devotee bathes at dawn in the kuṇḍa, then approaches the Sāmbāditya shrine with offerings; a subtle visual contrast shows illness dissolving into light; priests chant as the sun rises.
FAQs
Tīrtha-snānā and deity-pūjā are presented as twin disciplines: relieving suffering and establishing lasting merit.
The ‘there’ refers to the Sāmbakuṇḍa/Sāmbāditya sacred complex in Kāśī.
Bathing at aruṇodaya at the tīrtha, followed by worship (pūjā) of Sāmbāditya.