Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 15
अस्यां स्नात्वा नरो भक्त्या य एनां पूजयिष्यति । श्रद्धया परया युक्तः संप्राप्ते पंचमीदिने
asyāṃ snātvā naro bhaktyā ya enāṃ pūjayiṣyati | śraddhayā parayā yuktaḥ saṃprāpte paṃcamīdine
जो येथे स्नान करून पंचमीच्या दिवशी पराश्रद्धायुक्त होऊन भक्तीने या तीर्थ/देवीची पूजा करील, तो या व्रताचे अभिष्ट पुण्यफल प्राप्त करील।
Narrator of the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya (contextual purāṇic narrator)
Tirtha: Rājavāpī
Type: kund
Listener: King / general ‘nara’ as injunction target
Scene: Pilgrims descend the steps of the vāpī at dawn on Pañcamī, perform snāna, then offer flowers, lamps, and incense at a small shrine or tīrtha-sthāna marker beside the water.
FAQs
With śraddhā and bhakti, even a simple act like tīrtha-snāna and worship on Pañcamī becomes highly meritorious.
The verse refers to “this” tīrtha mentioned in Adhyāya 98’s ongoing māhātmya; the snippet itself does not name it explicitly.
Bathing at the tīrtha and performing pūjā on the lunar day Pañcamī with supreme faith.
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