Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 56
तथा मन्नामकं तीर्थे तृतीयं मुख्यतां गतम् । अत्र स्नात्वा तु यः पश्येन्मया संस्थापितं हरम्
tathā mannāmakaṃ tīrthe tṛtīyaṃ mukhyatāṃ gatam | atra snātvā tu yaḥ paśyenmayā saṃsthāpitaṃ haram
Do mesmo modo, o terceiro tīrtha, que traz o meu próprio nome, alcançou a mais alta preeminência. Quem aqui se banhar e contemplar Hara (Śiva) por mim स्थापितcido…
Viśvāmitra (contextual continuity; king speaks only at 59)
Tirtha: Mannāmaka-tīrtha (third tīrtha)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A revered founder-figure indicates a prominent third tīrtha bearing his name; beside the waters stands a newly consecrated Śiva-liṅga, garlanded, with devotees bathing then proceeding for darśana.
FAQs
Snāna (ritual bathing) joined with darśana of a consecrated Śiva-linga is presented as a direct means to attain tīrtha-merit and spiritual uplift.
A ‘mat-nāmaka’ (speaker’s namesake) tīrtha within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya sequence, where a Śiva form established by the speaker is to be seen.
Bathing at the tīrtha and then taking darśana of Hara (Śiva) established there.