Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 87
स्नानं कदाचित्कुर्वंति जीवन्मुक्ता भवंति ते । एतत्तीर्थसमं पुण्यं न भूतं न भविष्यति
snānaṃ kadācitkurvaṃti jīvanmuktā bhavaṃti te | etattīrthasamaṃ puṇyaṃ na bhūtaṃ na bhaviṣyati
Ceux qui s’y baignent, ne fût-ce qu’une seule fois, deviennent jīvanmukta, libérés de leur vivant. Un mérite égal à ce tīrtha n’a pas existé jadis et n’existera pas à venir.
Unspecified narrator (explicit phala-śruti praise)
Tirtha: Vetāla-varadā Tīrtha
Type: tirtha
Scene: Pilgrims bathe once in the sacred ford; above them, a serene aura suggests liberation-in-life—calm faces, loosened bonds, and a luminous stillness pervading the scene.
FAQs
Liberation is portrayed as accessible through sincere engagement with sacred places—tīrtha-snāna becomes a catalyst for jīvanmukti.
Vetāla-varadā Tīrtha (south of Cakratīrtha), praised as unparalleled in merit.
Snāna (ritual bathing) in the tīrtha, even a single time.