Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 35
ततः खञ्जनकं तीर्थं तस्य नाम्नेति विश्रुतम् । तत्र स्नात्वा नरो याति सोमलोकं न संशयः
tataḥ khañjanakaṃ tīrthaṃ tasya nāmneti viśrutam | tatra snātvā naro yāti somalokaṃ na saṃśayaḥ
Thus that sacred ford became renowned by his name as Khañjanaka-tīrtha. Having bathed there, a person goes to Soma’s world, Somaloka—of this there is no doubt.
Sūta (deduced)
Tirtha: Khañjanaka-tīrtha
Type: ghat
Scene: Pilgrim bathing at Khañjanaka-tīrtha; above, a luminous moon-disc and Soma’s celestial realm is hinted—white radiance, cool light, and a pathway of merit rising from the water.
FAQs
A tīrtha’s sanctity is amplified by both its sacred origin-story and the prescribed act of snāna that yields a promised fruit.
Khañjanaka-tīrtha.
Snāna (bathing) at Khañjanaka-tīrtha.