Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8
यत्रतत्र नरः स्नात्वा सम्यक्छ्रद्धासमन्वितः । सारस्वतस्नानफलं लभते नात्र संशयः
yatratatra naraḥ snātvā samyakchraddhāsamanvitaḥ | sārasvatasnānaphalaṃ labhate nātra saṃśayaḥ
അവിടെ എവിടെയെങ്കിലും ഒരാൾ യഥാർത്ഥ ശ്രദ്ധയോടെ സ്നാനം ചെയ്താൽ, അവൻ സാരസ്വത-സ്നാനഫലം പ്രാപിക്കുന്നു; ഇതിൽ സംശയമില്ല.
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Sārasvata-snāna (within Prabhāsa-kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Multiple bathing scenes across the kṣetra: some at a river channel, some at a kunda, some at a well-fed tank; all shown with folded hands and calm faces, indicating śraddhā as the unifying element.
FAQs
Śraddhā (faithful intent) is central: sincere bathing in a sacred field yields tīrtha-merit even when done at various points within it.
The Sarasvatī-suffused zone of Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where any bath is treated as Sārasvata-snana.
Snāna (ritual bathing) performed with proper faith anywhere within the sacred region.