Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 8
चिक्रीड स विवस्त्राभिः साकं युवतिभिर्मुदा । हालास्यनाथतीर्थं तद्वसिष्ठो मुनिभिः सह
cikrīḍa sa vivastrābhiḥ sākaṃ yuvatibhirmudā | hālāsyanāthatīrthaṃ tadvasiṣṭho munibhiḥ saha
Là, il s’ébattait joyeusement avec les jeunes femmes dévêtues en ce tīrtha de Hālāsya-nātha. Alors Vasiṣṭha arriva, accompagné des sages.
Sūta (continuing narration)
Tirtha: Hālāsya-nātha tīrtha
Type: kund
Scene: Foreground: revelry in the water; background: Vasiṣṭha, serene and radiant, approaches with a group of sages carrying kamaṇḍalus and staffs; the atmosphere shifts from playful to tense.
FAQs
A tīrtha is not merely a scenic place but a sanctified space; the arrival of sages signals that sacred geography carries moral and spiritual accountability.
Hālāsya-nātha-tīrtha, explicitly named as the sacred bathing place connected to Śiva as Hālāsya-nātha.
The verse implies the tīrtha context (snāna and sanctity), though it does not directly prescribe a rite; it contrasts sacred space with irreverent behavior.