Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 3
तीर्थं निर्माय तत्रैव सस्नुस्ते कपयो मुदा । तीर्थाय च वरं प्रादुः कपयः कामरूपिणः
tīrthaṃ nirmāya tatraiva sasnuste kapayo mudā | tīrthāya ca varaṃ prāduḥ kapayaḥ kāmarūpiṇaḥ
ក្រោយពេលស្ថាបនាទីរថៈហើយ ក្រុមវានរបានងូតទឹកនៅទីនោះដោយសេចក្តីរីករាយ; ហើយវានរដែលអាចបម្លែងរូបតាមចិត្ត បានប្រទានពរដល់ទីរថៈនោះផ្ទាល់។
Sūta (continued narration)
Tirtha: Kapitīrtha
Type: tirtha
Listener: Dvijāḥ/Ṛṣayaḥ
Scene: Vānaras, radiant and celebratory, bathe in the newly made Kapitīrtha; a subtle divine glow rises from the water as they grant a boon to the tīrtha, personified as a luminous presence.
FAQs
Creating and honoring a tīrtha through joyful bathing and blessing reflects devotion that sanctifies geography into a liberation-giving place.
Kapitīrtha, where the Vānaras bathed and granted a boon to the site.
Snāna (ritual bathing) at the tīrtha is implied as a central sacred act.
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