Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 58
सरस्वती सर्वनदीषु पुण्या सरस्वती लोकसुखावहा सदा । सरस्वतीं प्राप्य सुदुःखिता नराः सदा न शोचन्ति परत्र चेह च
sarasvatī sarvanadīṣu puṇyā sarasvatī lokasukhāvahā sadā | sarasvatīṃ prāpya suduḥkhitā narāḥ sadā na śocanti paratra ceha ca
ಎಲ್ಲ ನದಿಗಳಲ್ಲಿಯೂ ಸರಸ್ವತಿ ಪರಮ ಪುಣ್ಯಮಯಿ; ಸರಸ್ವತಿ ಸದಾ ಲೋಕಸুখವನ್ನು ನೀಡುವವಳು. ಮಹಾದುಃಖದಿಂದ ಪೀಡಿತರಾದವರೂ ಸರಸ್ವತಿಯನ್ನು ಪಡೆದರೆ, ಇಹದಲ್ಲಿಯೂ ಪರದಲ್ಲಿಯೂ ಶೋಕಿಸುವುದಿಲ್ಲ।
Unspecified (narrative praise within Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya; likely Īśvara/Śiva continuing instruction)
Tirtha: Sarasvatī
Type: river
Listener: Devī
Scene: Personified Sarasvatī-river as a radiant goddess-river blessing sorrowful pilgrims; figures arrive burdened, then become serene; the river glows with sanctity, suggesting both worldly joy and afterlife peace.
FAQs
Approaching a great tīrtha like Sarasvatī removes grief and grants well-being across both worldly life and the afterlife.
The Sarasvatī tīrtha associated with Prabhāsa-kṣetra, praised as foremost among sacred rivers.
No explicit rite is stated; the implied practice is tīrtha-sevā—going to (prāpya) Sarasvatī for spiritual merit.