Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 37
कुलसंतारणंनाम तीर्थमेतद्भविष्यति । तस्मात्त्वमपि राजेंद्र सहाऽस्माभिर्दिवं प्रति । आगच्छानेन देहेन तीर्थस्यास्य प्रभावतः
kulasaṃtāraṇaṃnāma tīrthametadbhaviṣyati | tasmāttvamapi rājeṃdra sahā'smābhirdivaṃ prati | āgacchānena dehena tīrthasyāsya prabhāvataḥ
Este tīrtha será conhecido como ‘Kulasaṃtāraṇa’—o Libertador da Linhagem. Portanto, ó senhor dos reis, vem conosco ao céu neste mesmo corpo, pelo poder deste lugar sagrado.
Pitṛs (forefathers), reported by Pulastya
Tirtha: Kulasaṃtāraṇa
Type: ghat
Listener: Yayāti (royal sage/king)
Scene: A revered sage points out the Kulasaṃtāraṇa-tīrtha to a king; the tīrtha glows with sanctity as attendants beckon toward a celestial path, implying ascent ‘with this very body’.
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A tīrtha’s mahātmya is proven by its power to uplift lineage and grant extraordinary spiritual destiny through sincere rites.
Kulasaṃtāraṇa Tīrtha at Arbuda (identified and named here for its lineage-delivering power).
The implied foundation is snāna and tarpaṇa at this tīrtha; the verse highlights the resulting divine ascent attributed to tīrtha-prabhāva.