Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 19
तेऽपि चैत्रस्य कृष्णादौ स्नातास्तत्राकृताशनाः । भवंति नीरुजः सद्यश्चित्रासंस्थे निशाकरे
te'pi caitrasya kṛṣṇādau snātāstatrākṛtāśanāḥ | bhavaṃti nīrujaḥ sadyaścitrāsaṃsthe niśākare
Bahkan mereka juga, apabila mandi di sana pada permulaan paruh gelap bulan Caitra dan berpuasa tanpa makan, serta-merta menjadi bebas daripada penyakit—tatkala bulan berada pada nakshatra Citrā.
Brahmin sages
Tirtha: Śaṅkhatīrtha
Type: ghat
Scene: Night or dawn at the tīrtha: the moon shines with Citrā’s star nearby; afflicted pilgrims fast and enter the water; on emerging they appear radiant and healed.
FAQs
Time, discipline, and sacred place combine—proper tīrtha-snāna with vrata-like restraint is praised as swiftly fruit-bearing.
Śaṅkhatīrtha, where the prescribed bath is said to remove illness.
Bathe at the tīrtha at the start of Caitra’s dark fortnight while fasting, especially when the moon is in Citrā.