Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 22
करिष्यति नरः स्नानं तस्य नाहिकृतं भयम् । भविष्यति पुनः श्राद्धात्पितॄन्संतारयिष्यति
kariṣyati naraḥ snānaṃ tasya nāhikṛtaṃ bhayam | bhaviṣyati punaḥ śrāddhātpitṝnsaṃtārayiṣyati
जो मनुष्य यहाँ स्नान करता है, उसे सर्पजन्य भय नहीं होता। फिर श्राद्ध करने से वह अपने पितरों का उद्धार करता है।
Devī
Tirtha: Arbuda-tīrtha (contextual within Arbudācala)
Type: kshetra
Listener: A king addressed as 'pārthiva-śārdūla' (tiger among kings) in the surrounding passage
Scene: Pilgrims bathe at a mountain tīrtha beneath Arbuda’s rocky slopes; a symbolic serpent threat recedes; nearby, a śrāddha setting with piṇḍa offerings and tarpaṇa to pitṛs under Devī’s protective presence.
FAQs
A tīrtha is celebrated as both protective in this life (freedom from fear) and beneficent beyond (aid to ancestors).
Nāgahrada tīrtha, praised for removing serpent-related fear and granting ancestral welfare.
Snāna (ritual bathing) at the tīrtha, and performing śrāddha for the pitṛs.
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