Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1
पुलस्त्य उवाच । ततो गच्छेन्नृपश्रेष्ठ सुपुण्यं मानुषं ह्रदम् । यत्र स्नातो नरः सम्यङ्मनुष्यो जायते सदा
pulastya uvāca | tato gacchennṛpaśreṣṭha supuṇyaṃ mānuṣaṃ hradam | yatra snāto naraḥ samyaṅmanuṣyo jāyate sadā
ಪುಲಸ್ತ್ಯನು ಹೇಳಿದರು—ಹೇ ನೃಪಶ್ರೇಷ್ಠ! ನಂತರ ಅತ್ಯಂತ ಪುಣ್ಯದಾಯಕ ‘ಮಾನુષ’ ಎಂಬ ಹ್ರದಕ್ಕೆ ಹೋಗಬೇಕು; ಅಲ್ಲಿ ವಿಧಿಪೂರ್ವಕ ಸ್ನಾನ ಮಾಡಿದವನು ಸದಾ ಮಾನವಜನ್ಮವನ್ನು ಪಡೆಯುತ್ತಾನೆ।
Pulastya
Tirtha: Mānuṣa Hrada
Type: kund
Listener: Nṛpaśreṣṭha / king
Scene: Pulastya instructs a king on a forested pilgrimage path; ahead lies a luminous lake labeled ‘Mānuṣa’; pilgrims bathe while celestial beings witness the merit.
FAQs
Holy places shape destiny: proper tīrtha-snāna is praised as a force that elevates one to human birth.
Mānuṣa Hrada, a sacred lake whose bath grants human birth.
Snāna (ritual bathing) performed properly in the lake.