Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 37
कुलसंतारणंनाम तीर्थमेतद्भविष्यति । तस्मात्त्वमपि राजेंद्र सहाऽस्माभिर्दिवं प्रति । आगच्छानेन देहेन तीर्थस्यास्य प्रभावतः
kulasaṃtāraṇaṃnāma tīrthametadbhaviṣyati | tasmāttvamapi rājeṃdra sahā'smābhirdivaṃ prati | āgacchānena dehena tīrthasyāsya prabhāvataḥ
এই তীর্থ ‘কুলসন্তারণ’ নামে প্রসিদ্ধ হবে—বংশের উদ্ধারকারী। অতএব, হে রাজেন্দ্র, এই তীর্থের প্রভাবে এই দেহসহ আমাদের সঙ্গে স্বর্গে গমন কর।
Pitṛs (forefathers), reported by Pulastya
Tirtha: Kulasaṃtāraṇa
Type: ghat
Listener: Yayāti (royal sage/king)
Scene: A revered sage points out the Kulasaṃtāraṇa-tīrtha to a king; the tīrtha glows with sanctity as attendants beckon toward a celestial path, implying ascent ‘with this very body’.
FAQs
A tīrtha’s mahātmya is proven by its power to uplift lineage and grant extraordinary spiritual destiny through sincere rites.
Kulasaṃtāraṇa Tīrtha at Arbuda (identified and named here for its lineage-delivering power).
The implied foundation is snāna and tarpaṇa at this tīrtha; the verse highlights the resulting divine ascent attributed to tīrtha-prabhāva.