Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 17
अथवा वत्सरं यावत्क्षणं कृत्वात्र भक्तितः । तत्र स्नानं च यः कुर्यात्स मुक्तिं लभते नरः
athavā vatsaraṃ yāvatkṣaṇaṃ kṛtvātra bhaktitaḥ | tatra snānaṃ ca yaḥ kuryātsa muktiṃ labhate naraḥ
अथवा क्षणमात्रं वा वत्सरं यावदेव वा। भक्त्या तत्र स्नानं कुर्यात् स नरः मुक्तिमाप्नुयात्॥
Narrator (phalaśruti; exact speaker not explicit in snippet)
Tirtha: Viṣṇupadī (contextual)
Type: kund
Scene: A lone devotee steps into sacred water with folded hands; a subtle aura/light around the tīrtha; time motif shown by a small hourglass/sun arc indicating ‘moment to year’ yet same grace.
FAQs
Devotion is the decisive factor: even brief contact with a liberating tīrtha, when done with bhakti, can lead toward mokṣa.
Viṣṇupadī tīrtha (the bathing-place praised throughout this adhyāya).
Snāna at the tīrtha, undertaken with devotion, for any duration—momentary or extended (up to a year).
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