Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8
नारीणां च विशेषेण पुत्रसौभाग्यदायकम् । शृणु राजन्पुरावृत्तं यतोऽत्याश्चर्यमुत्तमम्
nārīṇāṃ ca viśeṣeṇa putrasaubhāgyadāyakam | śṛṇu rājanpurāvṛttaṃ yato'tyāścaryamuttamam
यह विशेषतः स्त्रियों को पुत्र-सौभाग्य प्रदान करता है। हे राजन्, एक प्राचीन वृत्तान्त सुनिए, जिससे यह परम अद्भुत बात प्रकट होती है।
Pulastya
Tirtha: Nāga-tīrtha
Type: kund
Listener: Rājā (king)
Scene: A sage addresses a king, declaring Nāga-tīrtha’s special boon for women—progeny fortune—and invites him to hear an ancient, wondrous episode that demonstrates it.
FAQs
Tīrtha-māhātmya often addresses household welfare; sacred places are portrayed as compassionate supports for devotees’ life-needs.
Nāga-tīrtha at Arbuda, noted for granting child-blessings and family prosperity.
Listening to the māhātmya (śravaṇa) is itself an auspicious practice; the bathing/visit is implied.