Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2
यस्मिन्स्नात्वा नरः सम्यङ्नापमृत्युभयं लभेत् । शृणु यस्मात्तदुत्पत्तिं वदतो मम वल्लभे
yasminsnātvā naraḥ samyaṅnāpamṛtyubhayaṃ labhet | śṛṇu yasmāttadutpattiṃ vadato mama vallabhe
Celui qui s’y baigne comme il convient ne connaîtra pas la crainte d’une mort avant l’heure. Écoute de moi, ô bien-aimée, l’origine de ce tīrtha, tandis que je la raconte.
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-tīrtha (specific amṛta-sambandha water-body introduced in context)
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: A narrator addresses his beloved, pointing toward a luminous sacred water at Prabhāsa; pilgrims prepare for a disciplined bath while the storyteller begins the origin tale.
FAQs
Tīrtha-snāna is portrayed as protective dharma, granting freedom from fear of untimely death.
The sin-destroying tīrtha associated with Śaśāpāna in Prabhāsakṣetra (named in the preceding verse).
Proper bathing (samyak snāna) at the tīrtha.