Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 23
मानसे ब्रह्मपद्मं तु दृष्ट्वा स्नात्वा कदा वयम् । प्राप्स्यामः परमं ब्रह्म यद्गत्वा न पुनर्भवेत्
mānase brahmapadmaṃ tu dṛṣṭvā snātvā kadā vayam | prāpsyāmaḥ paramaṃ brahma yadgatvā na punarbhavet
Bilakah kami akan menyaksikan teratai Brahma di Mānasa, mandi di sana, lalu mencapai Brahman Yang Tertinggi—yang setelah dicapai, tiada kelahiran semula?
Vasiṣṭha (expressing the aspiration shared even by the gods/saints in context)
Tirtha: Mānasa (Mānasa-sarovar)
Type: kund
Listener: King (and by extension the audience of the māhātmya)
Scene: A visionary scene of Mānasa-sarovar: crystal-blue waters beneath snow peaks, a radiant Brahma-lotus floating at the center; pilgrims/sages yearn to behold it, bathe, and dissolve into the Supreme Brahman beyond rebirth.
FAQs
Darśana and snāna at a sanctified tīrtha are portrayed as catalysts for mokṣa—freedom from rebirth.
Mānasa (Mānasa-tīrtha) and the Brahmapadma associated with it in Prabhāsakṣetra tradition.
Darśana of Brahmapadma followed by snāna (ritual bathing) at Mānasa.