Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 22
तत्र स्नात्वा निजं रूपं प्रपेदे च दिवं ययौ । अस्य तीर्थस्य माहात्म्यं मया वक्तुं न शक्यते
tatra snātvā nijaṃ rūpaṃ prapede ca divaṃ yayau | asya tīrthasya māhātmyaṃ mayā vaktuṃ na śakyate
S’y étant baignée, elle retrouva sa forme véritable et s’en alla au ciel. La grandeur de ce tīrtha, je ne puis la dire pleinement.
Narrator (contextual—Sūta)
Tirtha: Kapitīrtha
Type: kshetra
Listener: ṛṣis
Scene: Rambhā at the water’s edge: her stone form dissolves into radiant apsaras beauty as she emerges from the bath; a vertical composition shows her ascending toward the heavens with divine light above the sea.
FAQs
Sacred bathing at a tīrtha is portrayed as transformative—restoring dignity and freeing one from affliction—while the tīrtha’s glory is beyond ordinary speech.
Kapitīrtha, whose snāna is credited with restoring Rambhā and enabling ascent to heaven.
Snāna (ritual bathing) at the tīrtha.