Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 26
यः पुमान्कामरहितः स्नानं तत्र समाचरेत् । श्राद्धं च पार्थिवश्रेष्ठ तस्य लोकाः सनातनाः
yaḥ pumānkāmarahitaḥ snānaṃ tatra samācaret | śrāddhaṃ ca pārthivaśreṣṭha tasya lokāḥ sanātanāḥ
जो पुरुष कामरहित होऊन तेथे स्नान करतो आणि श्राद्धही करतो, हे पार्थिवश्रेष्ठ! त्याला सनातन लोक प्राप्त होतात.
Pulastya (deduced from immediate narrative context continuing into Adhyāya 6:1)
Tirtha: Arbuda-tīrtha
Type: kshetra
Listener: King (pārthiva-śreṣṭha)
Scene: A restrained pilgrim performs dawn snāna, then conducts śrāddha calmly; the scene subtly shows ascent to luminous ‘eternal worlds’—a symbolic skyward path or radiant horizon.
FAQs
Ritual acts become spiritually potent when performed with niṣkāma-bhāva (freedom from selfish desire).
The tīrtha under discussion in Arbuda Khaṇḍa, where bathing and śrāddha are especially meritorious.
Tīrtha-snānā (bathing at the sacred site) and śrāddha.