Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 38
तथा वंध्या च या नारी पंचम्यां भास्करोदये । श्रावणे कुरुते स्नानं कृष्णपक्षे विशेषतः । सा सद्यो लभते पुत्रं स्ववंशोद्धरणक्षमम्
tathā vaṃdhyā ca yā nārī paṃcamyāṃ bhāskarodaye | śrāvaṇe kurute snānaṃ kṛṣṇapakṣe viśeṣataḥ | sā sadyo labhate putraṃ svavaṃśoddharaṇakṣamam
Ebenso erlangt eine unfruchtbare Frau, die (dort) am Sonnenaufgang des fünften Mondtages im Monat Śrāvaṇa badet – besonders in der dunklen Hälfte (Kṛṣṇa-pakṣa) –, rasch einen Sohn, der ihre Linie zu tragen und zu erhöhen vermag.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) speaking to the sages (deduced)
Type: ghat
Scene: At sunrise on pañcamī, a woman bathes in sacred waters; the sun disk rises; attendants hold lamps; Nāga symbols appear on the bank; the scene conveys immediate blessing of progeny.
FAQs
The Purāṇic teaching links sacred-time (Śrāvaṇa, pañcamī, sunrise) and sacred-place (tīrtha) to tangible grace—progeny and lineage continuity—through disciplined ritual.
The same tīrtha under praise in this chapter—connected with Nāgas/serpents—where bathing is said to bear extraordinary fruit.
Bathing at sunrise on pañcamī, particularly in Śrāvaṇa month during the kṛṣṇa-pakṣa.