Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 17
सरश्चकार तस्याग्रे उत्तमं जल पूरितम् । सरस्यस्मिन्महाभाग कृत्वा स्नानादितर्पणम्
saraścakāra tasyāgre uttamaṃ jala pūritam | sarasyasminmahābhāga kṛtvā snānāditarpaṇam
तिच्या समोर त्याने शुद्ध जलाने परिपूर्ण असे उत्तम सरोवर निर्माण केले। हे महाभाग! त्या सरोवरात स्नान व तर्पणादी करून,
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Dharmāraṇyakhaṇḍa context; exact speaker not explicit in the snippet)
Tirtha: Chatrajā-saras (lake before the shrine)
Type: kund
Scene: A clear, lotus-filled lake glistens before the Devī’s shrine; a pilgrim performs snāna and then tarpaṇa with cupped hands, water streaming back into the saras; priests guide the rite under forest shade.
FAQs
Tīrthas are providentially established for purification; snāna and tarpaṇa there sanctify one’s religious life.
A sacred lake (saras) situated before the goddess’s presence in the Dharmāraṇya area.
Snāna (ritual bathing) and tarpaṇa (libations) to be performed in the lake.