Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 8
तत्र या कुरुते स्नानं तृतीयायां समाहिता । नारी मार्गसिते पक्षे सा सौभाग्यवती भवेत् । अथ दौर्भाग्यसंपन्ना काणा वृद्धाऽथ वामना । अभीष्टा जायते सा च तत्प्रभावाद्द्विजोत्तमाः
tatra yā kurute snānaṃ tṛtīyāyāṃ samāhitā | nārī mārgasite pakṣe sā saubhāgyavatī bhavet | atha daurbhāgyasaṃpannā kāṇā vṛddhā'tha vāmanā | abhīṣṭā jāyate sā ca tatprabhāvāddvijottamāḥ
O Bester unter den Zweimalgeborenen! Eine Frau, die dort am dritten Mondtag (tṛtīyā) der hellen Monatshälfte des Mārgaśīrṣa mit gesammelt-ruhigem Geist badet, wird glückverheißend und mit ehelichem wie weltlichem Gedeihen gesegnet. Selbst wenn sie vom Unglück gezeichnet ist—einäugig, betagt oder kleinwüchsig—wird sie durch die Kraft dieses heiligen Ortes so, wie man sie ersehnt.
Sūta
Tirtha: Kātyāyanī/Śāṇḍilyā-associated kuṇḍa-tīrtha (implied)
Type: kund
Listener: Dvijottamāḥ (addressed)
Scene: At dawn on śukla tṛtīyā of Mārgaśīrṣa, women bathe with concentrated minds in a stepped pond; lamps and offerings line the ghats; the scene subtly shows restoration of beauty/fortune and removal of bodily afflictions as symbolic radiance.
FAQs
A tīrtha is depicted as compassionate power: sincere observance and faith can transform misfortune into auspiciousness.
The tīrtha(s) described in Adhyāya 130—contextually linked with Kātyāyanī and Śāṇḍilyā—where this prescribed snāna is performed.
A focused snāna (ritual bath) on Mārgaśīrṣa month, bright fortnight, tṛtīyā (third tithi), aimed at saubhāgya and well-being.