Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 24
यः स्नात्वा ऋषितीर्थे तु पश्येत्सिद्धेश्वरं शिवम् । पितरस्तस्य तुष्यन्ति तुष्यन्ति च पितामहाः
yaḥ snātvā ṛṣitīrthe tu paśyetsiddheśvaraṃ śivam | pitarastasya tuṣyanti tuṣyanti ca pitāmahāḥ
Wer im Ṛṣitīrtha badet und Siddheśvara Śiva erblickt, dessen Ahnen sind zufrieden, und auch die Vorväter sind zufrieden.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)
Tirtha: Ṛṣitīrtha
Type: kund
Scene: At dawn, a pilgrim bathes in Ṛṣitīrtha, offering water with cupped hands toward the sun and ancestors, then walks toward the Siddheśvara shrine for darśana.
FAQs
Personal purification and divine darśana extend merit to one’s lineage, bringing peace to the ancestors.
Ṛṣitīrtha, together with Siddheśvara Śiva’s darśana in the Dvārakā-māhātmya.
Snāna at Ṛṣitīrtha followed by darśana of Siddheśvara Śiva.