Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 25
तत्र स्नात्वा नरो भक्त्या यः पश्यति विनायकम् । तस्यान्वयेऽपि सर्वज्ञा जायन्ते मानवा नृप
tatra snātvā naro bhaktyā yaḥ paśyati vināyakam | tasyānvaye'pi sarvajñā jāyante mānavā nṛpa
हे राजन्, जो मनुष्य वहाँ स्नान करके भक्ति सहित विनायक का दर्शन करता है, उसके वंश में भी सर्वज्ञता से युक्त मनुष्य उत्पन्न होते हैं।
Pulastya (deduced from immediate context; dialogue continues with Yayāti in vv. 32–33)
Tirtha: Vināyaka-kuṇḍa (Arbuda)
Type: kund
Listener: King (nṛp)
Scene: Pilgrims descend stone steps into a clear kuṇḍa, then emerge to offer salutations before Vināyaka; the king is addressed as witness to the promised lineage blessing.
FAQs
Devotional tīrtha-bathing followed by Gaṇeśa’s darśana is praised as a source of enduring merit that uplifts even one’s descendants.
A sacred bathing-place within the Arbuda Khaṇḍa (Mount Arbuda region) where Vināyaka is to be visited after snāna.
Snāna (ritual bathing) at the site, followed by devotional darśana of Vināyaka.