Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 25
ये स्नानमाचरिष्यंति तीर्थेऽस्मिन्नियमान्विताः । ते यांति परमां सिद्धिं ब्रह्मणः परमं पदम्
ye snānamācariṣyaṃti tīrthe'sminniyamānvitāḥ | te yāṃti paramāṃ siddhiṃ brahmaṇaḥ paramaṃ padam
যিসকলে নিয়মে যুক্ত হৈ এই তীৰ্থত স্নান কৰে, তেওঁলোকে পৰম সিদ্ধি লাভ কৰে—ব্ৰহ্মণৰ পৰম পদ, সেই সৰ্বোচ্চ ধাম।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa tīrtha (snāna-sthāna)
Type: ghat
Listener: Pilgrimage audience/ṛṣi assembly (implied)
Scene: Pilgrims bathe at the Prabhāsa tīrtha with visible signs of observance—simple clothing, calm faces, prayer beads; above them a luminous, formless radiance symbolizes brahma-pada, suggesting attainment beyond ritual into transcendence.
FAQs
Pilgrimage rituals bear their highest fruit when joined with ethical discipline (niyama), culminating in liberation-oriented attainment.
This tīrtha in Prabhāsa Kṣetra associated with Sarasvatī in Adhyāya 270.
Snāna at the tīrtha, explicitly to be done with niyamas (vows/observances).