Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 5
गर्भवासो हि दुःखाय न सुखाय कदाचन । तत्तीर्थवारिणा स्नातुर्न पुनर्भवसम्भवः
garbhavāso hi duḥkhāya na sukhāya kadācana | tattīrthavāriṇā snāturna punarbhavasambhavaḥ
Sesungguhnya tinggal dalam rahim adalah untuk penderitaan, bukan untuk kebahagiaan. Namun bagi yang mandi dengan air tīrtha itu, tiada lagi kemungkinan kelahiran semula.
Mārkaṇḍeya
Tirtha: Siddheśvara tīrtha (its waters)
Type: ghat
Listener: King (nṛpasattama)
Scene: A contemplative pilgrim at dawn bathing in the Narmadā, with a serene Śiva shrine nearby; the imagery contrasts the darkness of womb-suffering (suggested symbolically) with the clear, liberating river light.
FAQs
The text elevates tīrtha-snān as a liberating act, pointing toward release from the painful cycle of rebirth.
The same Siddheśvara tīrtha associated with the Narmadā, referenced as “that tīrtha.”
Bathing (snāna) in the waters of that tīrtha.