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
Likewise, a barren woman who bathes there at sunrise on the fifth lunar day—especially in the dark fortnight of the month of Śrāvaṇa—quickly obtains a son, capable of sustaining and uplifting her lineage.
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.
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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.
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