Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 165
तडागं वा सरिद्वापि तीर्थं वा देवतार्चनम् । यं गतोऽसि प्रभावोऽयं तस्य नान्यस्य मे स्थितम्
taḍāgaṃ vā saridvāpi tīrthaṃ vā devatārcanam | yaṃ gato'si prabhāvo'yaṃ tasya nānyasya me sthitam
Adakah itu sebuah kolam, atau sungai, atau suatu tīrtha (tempat suci), atau pemujaan kepada dewa yang engkau kunjungi? Perubahan yang kulihat ini hanyalah kuasa daripadanya—bukan daripada yang lain, aku pasti.
Wife
Tirtha: Eraṇḍī-saṅgama (contextual)
Type: sangam
Scene: A household scene: a woman notices a sudden auspicious change in a man and questions whether he visited a pond, river, tirtha, or performed deity-worship; the air is charged with sacred suspicion and wonder.
FAQs
Purification and transformation are attributed to tīrtha-sevā and devatā-arcana, not to chance.
The verse asks generally about pond/river/tīrtha; the chapter context identifies the relevant site as the Eraṇḍī-saṅgama.
Implied practices are tīrtha-visit, sacred bathing, and devatā worship (arcana).