Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 2
अनपत्या या च नारी स्नायाद्वै पाण्डुनन्दन । पुत्रं सा लभते पार्थ सत्यसङ्घं दृढव्रतम्
anapatyā yā ca nārī snāyādvai pāṇḍunandana | putraṃ sā labhate pārtha satyasaṅghaṃ dṛḍhavratam
Wahai putra Pāṇḍu, wahai Pārtha, perempuan yang tidak beranak lalu mandi di sana akan memperoleh seorang putra yang teguh dalam kebenaran dan kukuh dalam tapa-brata.
Mārkaṇḍeya
Tirtha: Manmatheśa
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pāṇḍunandana / Pārtha
Scene: A childless woman at the riverbank performs snāna with folded hands facing the Manmatheśa shrine; a vision of a virtuous child (satya-saṅgha, dṛḍha-vrata) is suggested as a gentle future scene.
FAQs
The Purāṇas present tīrtha-sevā as grace-bearing, capable of transforming personal suffering into dharmic blessing.
Manmatheśa tīrtha, where bathing is said to grant progeny.
Snāna (bathing) at the tīrtha as a remedial and devotional observance.