Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 71
तव नाम्ना सुविख्यातं तीर्थं लोके भविष्यति । येऽत्र स्नानं करिष्यंति शयने बोधने हरेः
tava nāmnā suvikhyātaṃ tīrthaṃ loke bhaviṣyati | ye'tra snānaṃ kariṣyaṃti śayane bodhane hareḥ
«Un tīrtha, célèbre dans le monde sous ton nom, viendra à exister. Ceux qui s’y baigneront au temps où Hari se couche et s’éveille…»
Devadūta (divine messenger)
Tirtha: (Unnamed here) a tīrtha to be renowned by the woman’s name
Type: ghat
Listener: the sādhvī/beneficiary after whom the tīrtha will be named
Scene: A prophetic declaration: the new tīrtha will bear the woman’s name; pilgrims bathe there during Hari’s reclining and awakening festivals, with a sense of crowds, lamps, and ritual water.
FAQs
Personal virtue can sanctify geography: a life of purity becomes a public blessing through a tīrtha that uplifts future pilgrims.
A tīrtha that will be “famous by your name” (i.e., named after the sādhvī/Bhaṭṭikā), located at the water-filled citi-sthāna.
Snāna (ritual bathing) at this tīrtha specifically during Hari’s śayana (reclining) and bodhana (awakening) observances.