Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 33
यानीह संति तीर्थानि त्रैलोक्ये सचराचरे । वारुणीमिष्टिमासाद्य तानि यांति च संनिधौ
yānīha saṃti tīrthāni trailokye sacarācare | vāruṇīmiṣṭimāsādya tāni yāṃti ca saṃnidhau
Quels que soient les tīrtha présents dans les trois mondes—parmi tout ce qui est mobile et immobile—lors de la Vāruṇī Iṣṭi, ils viennent ici et s’y rassemblent tout proches.
Pulastya
Tirtha: Jyeṣṭha-kuṇḍa (contextual)
Type: kund
Scene: A cosmic convergence: innumerable tīrthas personified as radiant river-deities and kṣetra-devatās subtly ‘arriving’ and hovering around a sacred water-body during Vāruṇī, with pilgrims sensing an unseen gathering of sanctity.
FAQs
Certain rites create a spiritual convergence: at the Vāruṇī Iṣṭi, tīrtha-power is said to assemble, multiplying pilgrimage merit.
The ritual location of the Vāruṇī Iṣṭi is glorified as a ‘tīrtha-confluence’ where the presence (sannidhi) of all tīrthas is believed to gather.
Participation in/observance of the Vāruṇī Iṣṭi occasion, understood as a time when tīrtha-presences converge.