Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 18
स्नानं जाप्यं बलिं होमं पूजां स्तोत्रमुदीरणम् । तस्मिंस्तीर्थे तु यः कुर्यात्तत्सर्वं चाक्षयं भवेत्
snānaṃ jāpyaṃ baliṃ homaṃ pūjāṃ stotramudīraṇam | tasmiṃstīrthe tu yaḥ kuryāttatsarvaṃ cākṣayaṃ bhavet
Mandi suci, japa (zikir mantra), persembahan bali, homa (korban api), pemujaan dan pelantunan stotra—apa sahaja yang dilakukan di tīrtha itu menjadi pahala yang tidak binasa.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced from Prabhāsa Māhātmya narrative style)
Tirtha: Ikṣvākvīśvara-tīrtha (Prabhāsa)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A sequence tableau: pilgrims bathing at a sacred water-spot, then sitting for japa, offering bali, tending a small homa fire, performing liṅga-pūjā, and chanting stotras in chorus—each act glowing as ‘akṣaya’ light.
FAQs
A tīrtha magnifies dharmic actions, making ordinary rites yield enduring, inexhaustible spiritual merit.
The tīrtha associated with the Ikṣvākvīśvara/Vṛṣabheśa Liṅga in Prabhāsakṣetra.
Snāna, japa, bali, homa, pūjā, and stotra-recitation performed at the tīrtha are said to become akṣaya (imperishable).