Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2
स्नात्वा तत्रैव विधिवच्छांडिल्यं यः प्रपूजयेत् । ऋषिपंचम्यां विधिना नारी चैव पतिव्रता । स्पृष्ट्वास्पृष्ट्वा विमुच्येत रजोदोषभयाद्ध्रुवम्
snātvā tatraiva vidhivacchāṃḍilyaṃ yaḥ prapūjayet | ṛṣipaṃcamyāṃ vidhinā nārī caiva pativratā | spṛṣṭvāspṛṣṭvā vimucyeta rajodoṣabhayāddhruvam
तेथेच विधिपूर्वक स्नान करून जो शांडिल्याचे यथाविधी पूजन करतो—आणि ऋषिपंचमीला विधीनुसार व्रत करणारी पतिव्रता स्त्री स्पर्श करून पुन्हा पुन्हा शुद्धी करीत राहिली—तर ती रजोदोषाच्या भयातून निश्चयाने मुक्त होते।
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Śāṇḍilyā-vāpī (at Nārāyaṇa-tīrtha)
Type: kund
Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
Scene: At a carved stepwell, a pativratā woman on Ṛṣi-pañcamī bathes and offers flowers/water to a sage-icon of Śāṇḍilya; attendants hold vessels; repeated ritual touching and rinsing is depicted as careful, reverent action.
FAQs
Ritual purity and disciplined observance (vrata) are portrayed as means to remove fear and restore confidence in dharmic life.
The bathing-place and worship context tied to Nārāyaṇa-tīrtha and the Śāṇḍilyā vāpī (associated with Śāṇḍilya).
Snāna at the site, vidhivat worship of Śāṇḍilya, and observance of Ṛṣi-pañcamī with prescribed rite, aimed at alleviating rajas-doṣa related fear.