Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 55
ततो विस्मयमापन्ना मिथः प्रोचुः प्रहर्षिताः । रूपव्यत्ययमालोक्य ज्ञात्वा तीर्थं तदुत्तमम् । अत्र स्नानादिदं रूपमस्माभिः प्राप्तमुत्तमम्
tato vismayamāpannā mithaḥ procuḥ praharṣitāḥ | rūpavyatyayamālokya jñātvā tīrthaṃ taduttamam | atra snānādidaṃ rūpamasmābhiḥ prāptamuttamam
तेव्हा ते आश्चर्यचकित व आनंदित होऊन एकमेकांशी बोलले. रूपातील बदल पाहून आणि ते तीर्थ उत्तम आहे असे जाणून म्हणाले— ‘येथे स्नान केल्याने आम्हांस हे श्रेष्ठ रूप प्राप्त झाले.’
Sūta (narrating the exclamation of the bathers/sages)
Tirtha: Rūpatīrtha
Type: kund
Scene: A circle of newly beautiful pilgrims, smiling and gesturing as they speak to one another; their astonishment is visible, with the sacred water behind them and a small shrine nearby.
FAQs
Direct experience (anubhava) confirms tīrtha-mahima: sacred acts yield tangible transformation and faith deepens.
The ‘supreme tīrtha’ here is the water-body later established as Rūpatīrtha.
Snāna at the tīrtha is explicitly stated as the source of the boon.