Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 55
बालमंडनके स्नात्वा शक्रेश्वरमथेक्षयेत् । यः पुमानाश्विने मासि प्राप्ते श्रवण पञ्चके । स पापैर्मुच्यते सर्वैराजन्ममरणाद्भुवि
bālamaṃḍanake snātvā śakreśvaramathekṣayet | yaḥ pumānāśvine māsi prāpte śravaṇa pañcake | sa pāpairmucyate sarvairājanmamaraṇādbhuvi
बालमंडन येथे स्नान करून मग शक्रेश्वराचे दर्शन घ्यावे। जो पुरुष आश्विन महिन्यात श्रवण-पंचक आल्यावर असे करतो, तो पृथ्वीवर जन्मापासून मृत्यूपर्यंतच्या सर्व पापांतून मुक्त होतो।
Sūta (quoting Nārada)
Tirtha: Bālamaṇḍana; Śakreśvara (darśana)
Type: ghat
Scene: A pilgrim completes a river/pond bath at Bālamaṇḍana, wrings wet cloth, applies tilaka, then walks with folded hands toward a Śiva-liṅga shrine of Śakreśvara; autumnal Āśvina light, temple flags, and a small procession atmosphere.
FAQs
When undertaken at the right sacred time, tīrtha-bathing joined with Śiva-darśana is portrayed as a total life-long purification.
Bālamaṇḍana tīrtha and the Śakreśvara shrine associated with it.
Bathe at Bālamaṇḍana and take darśana of Śakreśvara, especially in Āśvina during the Śravaṇa-pañcaka period.