Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 13
तत्रोपवासं यः कुर्यान्नरो भक्तिसमन्वितः । एकेनैवोपवासेन उपवासायुतं फलम् । चक्रतीर्थे नरः स्नात्वा सोपवासो जितेंद्रियः
tatropavāsaṃ yaḥ kuryānnaro bhaktisamanvitaḥ | ekenaivopavāsena upavāsāyutaṃ phalam | cakratīrthe naraḥ snātvā sopavāso jiteṃdriyaḥ
তাত যি নৰ ভক্তিসহ উপবাস কৰে, কেৱল একেটা উপবাসেই দহ হাজাৰ উপবাসৰ ফল লাভ কৰে। চক্রতীৰ্থত স্নান কৰি, উপবাসী আৰু ইন্দ্ৰিয়-সংযমী হৈ, সি সেই উৎকৃষ্ট পুণ্য লাভ কৰে।
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Cakratīrtha
Type: kund
Listener: Devī
Scene: At a sacred waterbody called Cakratīrtha, a devotee emerges from the water with folded hands, wet hair tied, wearing simple cloth; nearby a subtle emblem of the Sudarśana-cakra on a shrine; the devotee maintains a fasting austerity, calm and self-contained.
FAQs
Devotional discipline—fasting with self-control—becomes immensely potent when joined to tīrtha-bathing.
Cakratīrtha within Prabhāsa-kṣetra.
Perform snāna at Cakratīrtha and observe upavāsa with devotion and sense-restraint.