Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 38
तन्मध्येंऽगुष्ठमात्रस्तु पुरुषो दृश्यते जनैः । सुस्नातैः श्रद्धयोपेतैस्ततस्तीर्थफलं लभेत्
tanmadhyeṃ'guṣṭhamātrastu puruṣo dṛśyate janaiḥ | susnātaiḥ śraddhayopetaistatastīrthaphalaṃ labhet
त्या कमळाच्या मध्यभागी लोकांना अंगठ्याएवढा एक पुरुष दिसतो; म्हणून जे शुद्ध स्नान करून श्रद्धायुक्त असतात, ते त्या तीर्थाचे पूर्ण फळ मिळवतात।
Sūta
Tirtha: Jyeṣṭha Puṣkara
Type: kund
Listener: Brāhmaṇas
Scene: A radiant lotus floats above the lake; at its center stands a tiny thumb-sized luminous Puruṣa, serene and resplendent. Devotees who have just bathed stand with folded hands, awed yet peaceful.
FAQs
Faithful practice (śraddhā + proper snāna) opens one to divine darśana, which consummates the merit of pilgrimage.
Jyeṣṭha Puṣkara, where the lotus-sign and the thumb-sized ‘Puruṣa’ are seen.
To bathe properly (su-snātaiḥ) and approach with faith (śraddhayopetaiḥ) to gain the tīrtha’s full fruit.