Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 37
एतद्धि तन्महातीर्थं प्राचीनेति च शब्दितम् । स्नानक्रमेण मर्त्त्यानामन्येषामपि पावकम्
etaddhi tanmahātīrthaṃ prācīneti ca śabditam | snānakrameṇa marttyānāmanyeṣāmapi pāvakam
हेच ते महातीर्थ ‘प्राचीन’ या नावाने प्रसिद्ध आहे। येथे स्नानविधीप्रमाणे स्नान केल्याने मनुष्यांनाच नव्हे, इतरांनाही पावनता प्राप्त होते।
Śiva (addressing Devī/Pārvatī in a tīrtha-māhātmya context)
Tirtha: Prācīna
Type: ghat
Scene: A sacred ford labeled ‘Prācīna’ with pilgrims performing orderly bathing rites—some offering water, some reciting mantras—while the tīrtha radiates a subtle luminous aura indicating purification.
FAQs
A tīrtha becomes transformative when approached with correct ritual discipline; proper snāna is praised as intrinsically purifying.
The Prācīna Mahātīrtha within Prabhāsa Kṣetra.
Snāna performed according to the proper krama (sequence/observance) at the tīrtha.