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
एतत्तीर्थं ‘कुलसंतारण’ इति नाम्ना प्रसिद्धं भविष्यति। तस्मात् त्वमपि राजेन्द्र अस्माभिः सह दिवं प्रति, अस्य तीर्थस्य प्रभावात्, अनेनैव देहेन आगच्छ।
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’.
FAQs
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.