Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 41
येन निर्याति ते कुष्ठो भास्करस्योदयं प्रति । तच्छ्रुत्वाऽहं च तत्प्राप्तः सप्तम्यां सूर्यसंयुजि । ततश्च कृतवान्स्नानं निर्झरे तत्र शांभवे
yena niryāti te kuṣṭho bhāskarasyodayaṃ prati | tacchrutvā'haṃ ca tatprāptaḥ saptamyāṃ sūryasaṃyuji | tataśca kṛtavānsnānaṃ nirjhare tatra śāṃbhave
“यामुळे तुझा कुष्ठ भास्कराच्या उदयकाळी निघून जाईल.” हे ऐकून मी सूर्यसंयुक्त (रविवार) सप्तमीस तेथे पोहोचलो आणि मग तेथील शांभव निर्झरात स्नान केले.
Kārpaṭika (ascetic/pilgrim narrator)
Tirtha: Śāmbhava-nirjhara (within Viśvāmitra-jalāvaha tīrtha)
Type: kund
Listener: King (nṛpa) as frame-listener; pilgrim as immediate listener to tapasvin
Scene: At dawn, the Sun rises on the horizon; the pilgrim steps into a clear spring-stream labeled Śāmbhava; rays touch the water as the pilgrim bathes, and the diseased marks begin to fade, watched by the ascetic from the bank.
FAQs
When instruction is received from a compassionate guide, disciplined observance (śraddhā + vidhi) yields transformative results.
The bathing is performed at the Śāmbhava spring-stream within the Viśvāmitra-jalāvaha tīrtha context in Nāgara-kṣetra.
Bathe at sunrise on Saptamī that coincides with Sunday, at the specified spring/stream of the tīrtha.
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