Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 26
तीर्थं वस्त्रापथं गत्वा भवस्याग्रे महानदी । जाले तत्र शिरो दृष्टं तच्च तोये विमोचितम्
tīrthaṃ vastrāpathaṃ gatvā bhavasyāgre mahānadī | jāle tatra śiro dṛṣṭaṃ tacca toye vimocitam
Setelah pergi ke tīrtha bernama Vastrāpatha, ke sungai besar di hadapan Bhava (Śiva), dia melihat sebuah kepala tersangkut pada jaring di sana lalu melepaskannya ke dalam air.
Narrator (contextual; within Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa māhātmya narration)
Tirtha: Vastrāpatha
Type: ghat
Listener: Naimiṣāraṇya ṛṣis
Scene: At Vastrāpatha ford, before a shrine/presence of Bhava, a devotee finds a severed head caught in a fishing net (jāla) in the river and reverently releases it into the flowing water.
FAQs
Compassionate, dharmic action performed at a tīrtha—especially near Śiva—becomes spiritually significant and is framed as part of the site’s greatness.
Vastrāpatha Tīrtha in the Prabhāsa region, associated with Bhava (Śiva) and a great river.
No explicit vow is prescribed here; the verse highlights a tīrtha-episode involving releasing what was trapped (a head) into the sacred waters.