Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2
यत्र प्राप्तवती कामं सुकन्या वरवर्णिनी । सरःस्नानप्रभावेन तेन कन्यासरः स्मृतम् । तत्र स्नाता शुभा नारी तृतीयायां विशेषतः
yatra prāptavatī kāmaṃ sukanyā varavarṇinī | saraḥsnānaprabhāvena tena kanyāsaraḥ smṛtam | tatra snātā śubhā nārī tṛtīyāyāṃ viśeṣataḥ
जिथे वरवर्णिनी सुकन्येने त्या सरोवरस्नानाच्या प्रभावाने आपले इच्छित वरदान प्राप्त केले; म्हणून ते ‘कन्या-सरोवर’ म्हणून प्रसिद्ध आहे. तेथे स्नान करणारी शुभ स्त्री—विशेषतः तृतीया तिथीस—मंगल फल प्राप्त करते.
Narrative voice (Māhātmya passage; speaker not explicit in this verse)
Tirtha: Kanyā-saras (Sukanyā-saras)
Type: kund
Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Sukanyā, radiant and modest, performs a sacred bath in Kanyā-saras on tṛtīyā; attendants hold offerings; the lake glows with sanctity as the boon is fulfilled.
FAQs
Sacred bathing at a consecrated tīrtha is portrayed as a dharmic means to fulfill worthy desires and gain auspiciousness.
Kanyā-saras (also connected with Sukanyā), a revered lake within Prabhāsa kṣetra.
Bathing (snāna) at the lake, with special emphasis on performing it on the lunar day Tṛtīyā.