Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 31
स्नात्वा तीर्थवरे तस्मिन्दृष्ट्वा तां चन्द्रकूपिकाम् । कामेश्वरं च देवेशं कामदं सुखदं नृणाम्
snātvā tīrthavare tasmindṛṣṭvā tāṃ candrakūpikām | kāmeśvaraṃ ca deveśaṃ kāmadaṃ sukhadaṃ nṛṇām
ആ ശ്രേഷ്ഠ തീർത്ഥത്തിൽ സ്നാനം ചെയ്ത് ചന്ദ്രകൂപികയെ കണ്ട ശേഷം, അവൻ ദേവേശനായ കാമേശ്വരനെ ദർശിച്ചു—മനുഷ്യർക്കു ഇഷ്ടഫലം നൽകുകയും സുഖം പകരുകയും ചെയ്യുന്നവൻ।
Narrator (within Nāgara-khaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya frame; exact speaker not in snippet)
Tirtha: Candrakūpikā (within the tīrthavara)
Type: kund
Scene: At a luminous sacred ford, a devotee completes bathing; nearby is the Candrakūpikā well shimmering like moonlight. Ahead stands the Kāmeśvara liṅga/shrine, radiating boon-giving grace.
FAQs
Pilgrimage disciplines desire by sanctifying it—rightful aims are fulfilled through tīrtha-snāna and devotion to the Lord.
Candrakūpikā, an excellent tīrtha, together with the presence of Kāmeśvara.
Snāna (ritual bathing) in the tīrtha, and darśana (reverent viewing) of Candrakūpikā and Kāmeśvara.