Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 44
यस्तत्र कुरुते स्नानं श्रद्धया परया युतः । अष्टम्यां शुक्लपक्षस्य संप्राप्ते मासि माधवे
yastatra kurute snānaṃ śraddhayā parayā yutaḥ | aṣṭamyāṃ śuklapakṣasya saṃprāpte māsi mādhave
Sesiapa yang mandi di sana, dengan śraddhā yang paling tinggi, pada hari Aṣṭamī dalam paruh terang, ketika bulan Mādhava telah tiba—
Nārada (implied)
Tirtha: Śaṃkhatīrtha
Type: ghat
Listener: Rājā
Scene: वैशाख की उजली सुबह; तीर्थ-घाट पर श्रद्धालु स्नान हेतु उतरते; पंचांग/तिथि-चिह्न (अष्टमी) का संकेत; नारद द्वारा तिथि-निर्देश।
FAQs
Tīrtha merit is intensified by śraddhā (faith) and proper sacred timing (tithi and month).
The bathing rite is to be performed at Śaṃkhatīrtha (introduced in the preceding verse).
Snāna (ritual bathing) at the tīrtha on Śukla Aṣṭamī during the month of Mādhava.