Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 49
अद्यापि तज्जलस्पर्शात्सुपवित्रो धरातले । यः स्नानं सूर्यवारेण कुरुतेऽर्कोदयं प्रति । तस्य नाशं द्रुतं यांति गलगंडादिका इह
adyāpi tajjalasparśātsupavitro dharātale | yaḥ snānaṃ sūryavāreṇa kurute'rkodayaṃ prati | tasya nāśaṃ drutaṃ yāṃti galagaṃḍādikā iha
आजही त्या जलाच्या स्पर्शाने पृथ्वीवर मनुष्य अत्यंत पवित्र होतो। जो रविवारी सूर्योदयाकडे मुख करून तेथे स्नान करतो, त्याचे गलगंड इत्यादी रोग इहलोकी लवकर नष्ट होतात।
Sūta (deduced)
Tirtha: Gomukha Tīrtha
Type: kund
Listener: Māhātmya audience
Scene: At sunrise on a Sunday, a devotee stands in the tīrtha waters facing Surya; golden rays touch the water; symbolic ‘disease’ figures dissolve, indicating healing of goitre and ailments.
FAQs
Faithful tīrtha-practice purifies and is portrayed as restoring harmony of body and spirit under dharma.
Gomukha-tīrtha, whose water-touch is praised as supavitro (highly purifying).
Perform snāna on Sunday (sūryavāra), oriented toward sunrise (arkodayaṃ prati).