Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 31
अपि वंध्या च या नारी स्नानमात्रं समाचरेत् । सा स्यात्पुत्रवती विप्र सुखसौभाग्यसंयुता
api vaṃdhyā ca yā nārī snānamātraṃ samācaret | sā syātputravatī vipra sukhasaubhāgyasaṃyutā
“Even a barren woman, if she performs merely the bath there, O brāhmaṇa, becomes a mother of sons, endowed with happiness and good fortune.”
Arbuda-nāga (continuing boon description)
Tirtha: Nāga-tīrtha
Type: kund
Listener: Śaunaka et al. (implied)
Scene: Women pilgrims approach the spring with modest vessels; the water is shown as sanctified and luminous. A barren woman bathes, and symbolic signs of fertility (cradle, mango leaves, auspicious marks) appear subtly in the composition.
FAQs
Purāṇic tīrthas are portrayed as compassionate remedies—granting wellbeing and continuity of family life when approached with faith.
Nāga-tīrtha, where even simple bathing is said to confer fertility and prosperity.
Snāna-mātra—‘only bathing’ at the tīrtha—promised to yield putra-vatī-bhāva (offspring) and saubhāgya.