Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 16
अहमत्र महाष्टम्यां निवेक्ष्यामि महामते । ये च स्नानं करिष्यंति संप्राप्ते चाष्टमीदिने । ते यास्यंति परं स्थानं यत्राहं नित्यसंस्थितः
ahamatra mahāṣṭamyāṃ nivekṣyāmi mahāmate | ye ca snānaṃ kariṣyaṃti saṃprāpte cāṣṭamīdine | te yāsyaṃti paraṃ sthānaṃ yatrāhaṃ nityasaṃsthitaḥ
ਹੇ ਮਹਾਮਤੇ, ਮਹਾਅਸ਼ਟਮੀ ਨੂੰ ਮੈਂ ਇੱਥੇ ਨਿਵਾਸ ਕਰਾਂਗਾ। ਜਦ ਅਸ਼ਟਮੀ ਦਾ ਦਿਨ ਆਵੇ ਅਤੇ ਜੋ ਇੱਥੇ ਸਨਾਨ ਕਰਨਗੇ, ਉਹ ਉਸ ਪਰਮ ਧਾਮ ਨੂੰ ਪ੍ਰਾਪਤ ਕਰਨਗੇ ਜਿੱਥੇ ਮੈਂ ਸਦਾ ਨਿਵਾਸੀ ਹਾਂ।
Bhagavān (Mahādeva/Śiva)
Tirtha: Piṇḍāraka Tīrtha
Type: ghat
Listener: Piṇḍāraka (mahāmati addressed)
Scene: On Mahāṣṭamī, pilgrims bathe at Piṇḍāraka while an unseen/manifest Śiva presence sanctifies the waters; the scene suggests ascent to a luminous ‘parama sthāna’.
FAQs
Sacred time (Aṣṭamī) and sacred place (tīrtha) unite to elevate the devotee toward Śiva’s highest station.
Piṇḍāraka Tīrtha, where Śiva promises special presence on Mahā-Aṣṭamī.
Bathing (snāna) at the tīrtha specifically on the Aṣṭamī day.
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