Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 23
मानसे ब्रह्मपद्मं तु दृष्ट्वा स्नात्वा कदा वयम् । प्राप्स्यामः परमं ब्रह्म यद्गत्वा न पुनर्भवेत्
mānase brahmapadmaṃ tu dṛṣṭvā snātvā kadā vayam | prāpsyāmaḥ paramaṃ brahma yadgatvā na punarbhavet
Quand verrons-nous le lotus de Brahmā à Mānasa, nous y baignerons-nous, et atteindrons-nous le Brahman suprême—où, une fois parvenu, il n’y a plus de renaissance ?
Vasiṣṭha (expressing the aspiration shared even by the gods/saints in context)
Tirtha: Mānasa (Mānasa-sarovar)
Type: kund
Listener: King (and by extension the audience of the māhātmya)
Scene: A visionary scene of Mānasa-sarovar: crystal-blue waters beneath snow peaks, a radiant Brahma-lotus floating at the center; pilgrims/sages yearn to behold it, bathe, and dissolve into the Supreme Brahman beyond rebirth.
FAQs
Darśana and snāna at a sanctified tīrtha are portrayed as catalysts for mokṣa—freedom from rebirth.
Mānasa (Mānasa-tīrtha) and the Brahmapadma associated with it in Prabhāsakṣetra tradition.
Darśana of Brahmapadma followed by snāna (ritual bathing) at Mānasa.