Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7
येऽत्र स्नानं करिष्यन्ति प्राप्ते शक्रोच्छ्रये सदा । आश्विने शुक्लपक्षांते ते यास्यंति परां गतिम् । सुश्रीकाश्च भविष्यंति सदा जन्मनिजन्मनि
ye'tra snānaṃ kariṣyanti prāpte śakrocchraye sadā | āśvine śuklapakṣāṃte te yāsyaṃti parāṃ gatim | suśrīkāśca bhaviṣyaṃti sadā janmanijanmani
Sesiapa yang mandi di sini, setiap kali tiba saat Śakrocchraya—pada penghujung paruh terang bulan Āśvina—akan mencapai tujuan tertinggi. Mereka juga akan sentiasa dikurniai śrī: kemakmuran bertuah dan keindahan, dari kelahiran ke kelahiran.
Śakra (Indra)
Tirtha: Mahaujasā Tīrtha
Type: kund
Listener: Sarbadevatāḥ (all deities); framed to a Narādhipa by the text’s narrator
Scene: Indra, smiling, proclaims to the assembled gods the rule: those who bathe here at Śakrocchraya time, at the end of Āśvina bright fortnight, attain supreme goal and lasting prosperity/beauty.
FAQs
Sacred geography and sacred time combine: bathing at the right tīrtha and auspicious calendrical moment yields both liberation-oriented merit and worldly auspiciousness.
The Arbuda tīrtha associated with Śakra’s purification (Mahaujasā Tīrtha context).
Perform snāna at this tīrtha at the end of the bright fortnight in Āśvina, at the occasion called Śakrocchraya.