Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 55
ततो विस्मयमापन्ना मिथः प्रोचुः प्रहर्षिताः । रूपव्यत्ययमालोक्य ज्ञात्वा तीर्थं तदुत्तमम् । अत्र स्नानादिदं रूपमस्माभिः प्राप्तमुत्तमम्
tato vismayamāpannā mithaḥ procuḥ praharṣitāḥ | rūpavyatyayamālokya jñātvā tīrthaṃ taduttamam | atra snānādidaṃ rūpamasmābhiḥ prāptamuttamam
Alors, saisis d’émerveillement et de joie, ils se parlèrent entre eux. Voyant la transformation de leur apparence et reconnaissant ce tīrtha comme suprême, ils dirent : «Par le bain ici, nous avons obtenu cette forme excellente».
Sūta (narrating the exclamation of the bathers/sages)
Tirtha: Rūpatīrtha
Type: kund
Scene: A circle of newly beautiful pilgrims, smiling and gesturing as they speak to one another; their astonishment is visible, with the sacred water behind them and a small shrine nearby.
FAQs
Direct experience (anubhava) confirms tīrtha-mahima: sacred acts yield tangible transformation and faith deepens.
The ‘supreme tīrtha’ here is the water-body later established as Rūpatīrtha.
Snāna at the tīrtha is explicitly stated as the source of the boon.