Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 14
जलशायी स्मृतस्तेन नारायण इति श्रुतिः । आप्यतत्त्वं तु तीर्थानि यानि प्रोक्तानि ते मया
jalaśāyī smṛtastena nārāyaṇa iti śrutiḥ | āpyatattvaṃ tu tīrthāni yāni proktāni te mayā
म्हणून तो ‘जलशायी’ असा स्मरणात येतो; म्हणूनच श्रुतीत ‘नारायण’ हे नाम प्रसिद्ध आहे. मी तुला जे तीर्थ सांगितले, ती सर्व तीर्थे आप्यतत्त्व—जलतत्त्वावरच प्रतिष्ठित आहेत.
Skanda (deduced from section context)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra tīrthas (collective)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (addressed as Deveśi)
Scene: A sacred coastal tīrtha-scape of Prabhāsa with shimmering waters; Nārāyaṇa as Jalāśayī (reclining on Śeṣa) is invoked as the inner essence of all bathing-places; sages point to multiple tīrthas arising from the water-principle.
FAQs
Water-tīrthas are sanctified by the water-principle itself, and Viṣṇu’s name Nārāyaṇa is linked by śruti to his watery, sustaining nature.
The verse glorifies the entire class of water-principle (āpya) tīrthas previously enumerated within Prabhāsa-kṣetra.
Implicitly supports tīrtha-snāna (bathing) and reverence for water as a sacred medium, though no step-by-step rite is stated.