Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 60
यथोक्तं च फलं तस्य स्फुटं सर्वं भविष्यति । शनिवारे ह्यमावास्या भवेत्तस्याः फलं च यत्
yathoktaṃ ca phalaṃ tasya sphuṭaṃ sarvaṃ bhaviṣyati | śanivāre hyamāvāsyā bhavettasyāḥ phalaṃ ca yat
त्याच्यासाठी जे फळ सांगितले आहे ते सर्व निःसंशय स्पष्टपणे प्रकट होईल. आणि अमावस्या जर शनिवारी आली, तर तिचे जे पुण्यफळ—
Dharma (personified), continuing the merit comparison
Tirtha: Stambhatīrtha
Type: tirtha
Listener: Skanda/Guha (and/or assembly)
Scene: Night-to-dawn Amāvāsyā atmosphere at a riverside ford; pilgrims perform snāna and dāna under a dark sky; subtle iconography of Śani (Saturn) indicating Saturday concurrence; the pillar stands as a steady silhouette.
FAQs
Merit accrues powerfully when righteous acts are done at a praised tīrtha, and Purāṇas also highlight sacred time-combinations to stress intensity of fruit.
Stambhatīrtha remains the implied focus as the phala-śruti continues.
Implicitly, performance of tīrtha-acts (snāna/dāna) whose fruit is compared to that of a Saturday Amāvāsyā.