Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 43
तथा मे मूर्धजाः कृष्णास्तत्र स्नातस्य तत्क्षणात् । परं शुक्लत्वमापन्ना एतत्प्रोक्तं मया स्फुटम्
tathā me mūrdhajāḥ kṛṣṇāstatra snātasya tatkṣaṇāt | paraṃ śuklatvamāpannā etatproktaṃ mayā sphuṭam
De même, mes cheveux, bien que noirs, devinrent entièrement blancs à l’instant même où je m’y baignai. Je vous l’ai exposé clairement.
Unspecified narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya (a teller describing the tīrtha’s miracle to brāhmaṇas)
Type: kund
Listener: Brāhmaṇas (plural)
Scene: A narrator points to his own head as proof: black hair has turned white after bathing; listeners lean in, astonished; the water behind glows with sanctity.
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A tīrtha’s sanctity can manifest immediate, visible transformation, underscoring faith in sacred geography and dharma.
Śuklatīrtha, a place famed for causing ‘whitening’ (śuklatva) by the power of its waters.
Snāna (ritual bathing) at the tīrtha, presented as producing instant effect.