Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6
तस्यां स्नात्वा नरो यस्तु चित्रादित्यं प्रपश्यति । स याति परमं स्थानं यत्र देवो दिवाकरः
tasyāṃ snātvā naro yastu citrādityaṃ prapaśyati | sa yāti paramaṃ sthānaṃ yatra devo divākaraḥ
ಆ ನದಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಸ್ನಾನ ಮಾಡಿ ‘ಚಿತ್ರಾದಿತ್ಯ’ನ ದರ್ಶನ ಮಾಡುವ ನರನು, ದೇವ ದಿವಾಕರ (ಸೂರ್ಯ) ವಾಸಿಸುವ ಪರಮ ಸ್ಥಾನವನ್ನು ಸೇರುತ್ತಾನೆ.
Skanda (deduced)
Tirtha: Citrapathā
Type: sangam
Listener: Devī
Scene: A pilgrim bathes in the river Citrapathā, then stands with folded hands before Citrāditya; the Sun’s disk blazes above, suggesting the ‘parama-sthāna’ of Divākara.
FAQs
Pilgrimage becomes complete through both purification (snāna) and devotion (darśana), leading to exalted spiritual attainment.
The Citrāpathā river-tīrtha and the Citrāditya (Sūrya) shrine within Prabhāsa Kṣetra.
Bathed in the river (snāna) and then perform darśana of Citrāditya (Sūrya).
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