Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 5
मार्गकृष्णचतुर्दश्यां तत्र स्नानं विशेषतः । सर्वपापहरं देवि सर्वदा स्नायिनां नृणाम्
mārgakṛṣṇacaturdaśyāṃ tatra snānaṃ viśeṣataḥ | sarvapāpaharaṃ devi sarvadā snāyināṃ nṛṇām
মাৰ্গশীৰ্ষ মাহৰ কৃষ্ণপক্ষৰ চতুৰ্দশীত তাত স্নান বিশেষ ফলদায়ক। হে দেবী, যিসকলে সদায় তাত স্নান কৰে, তেওঁলোকৰ সকলো পাপ সদায় নাশ হয়।
Śrī Rāma
Tirtha: Sītākuṇḍa
Type: kund
Listener: Devī (addressed as ‘devi’)
Scene: Pilgrims at a lotus-edged kuṇḍa in Ayodhyā at dusk of kṛṣṇa-caturdaśī; lamps on the water, priests chanting, devotees entering the steps for snāna.
FAQs
Sacred time (tithi/month) amplifies sacred place, making tīrtha practice especially potent on prescribed days.
Sītākuṇḍa, praised for its sin-destroying bath.
Perform snāna at Sītākuṇḍa, especially on Mārgaśīrṣa kṛṣṇa caturdaśī (dark-fortnight 14th).