Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 45
सिद्धिं शरीरजां देवि यदीच्छेन्मानवोत्तमः । स स्नानमादितः कृत्वा संवत्सरत्रयं पुनः
siddhiṃ śarīrajāṃ devi yadīcchenmānavottamaḥ | sa snānamāditaḥ kṛtvā saṃvatsaratrayaṃ punaḥ
ឱ ទេវី ប្រសិនបើបុរសឧត្តមប្រាថ្នាសិទ្ធិដែលកើតពីរាងកាយ (សិទ្ធិរាងកាយ) នោះ—បានចាប់ផ្តើមធ្វើស្នានតាមវិធីកំណត់ជាមុន—គួរបន្តធ្វើដូច្នេះរយៈពេលបីឆ្នាំ។
Unspecified (addressing Devī; within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya narrative)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (as addressed: ‘देवि’)
Scene: A disciplined pilgrim begins with ritual bathing at Prabhāsa and is shown across seasons/years in repeated snāna, symbolizing a three-year vow toward kāya-siddhi.
FAQs
Higher attainments require long-term, regulated practice anchored in purity (snāna) and devotion.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra; the bathing is understood as tīrtha-bathing within this sacred geography.
Undertake the bathing regimen and sustain the observance continuously for three years to seek bodily siddhi.