Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 87
स्नानं कदाचित्कुर्वंति जीवन्मुक्ता भवंति ते । एतत्तीर्थसमं पुण्यं न भूतं न भविष्यति
snānaṃ kadācitkurvaṃti jīvanmuktā bhavaṃti te | etattīrthasamaṃ puṇyaṃ na bhūtaṃ na bhaviṣyati
Mereka yang mandi di sini walau sekali pun menjadi jīvanmukta, bebas ketika masih hidup. Pahala setara tīrtha ini tidak pernah ada pada masa lampau, dan tidak akan ada pada masa hadapan.
Unspecified narrator (explicit phala-śruti praise)
Tirtha: Vetāla-varadā Tīrtha
Type: tirtha
Scene: Pilgrims bathe once in the sacred ford; above them, a serene aura suggests liberation-in-life—calm faces, loosened bonds, and a luminous stillness pervading the scene.
FAQs
Liberation is portrayed as accessible through sincere engagement with sacred places—tīrtha-snāna becomes a catalyst for jīvanmukti.
Vetāla-varadā Tīrtha (south of Cakratīrtha), praised as unparalleled in merit.
Snāna (ritual bathing) in the tīrtha, even a single time.
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