Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2
यस्मिन्स्नात्वा नरः सम्यङ्नापमृत्युभयं लभेत् । शृणु यस्मात्तदुत्पत्तिं वदतो मम वल्लभे
yasminsnātvā naraḥ samyaṅnāpamṛtyubhayaṃ labhet | śṛṇu yasmāttadutpattiṃ vadato mama vallabhe
यस्मिन् तीर्थे सम्यक् स्नात्वा नरः अकालमृत्योर्भयं न लभते। तस्य तीर्थस्योत्पत्तिं मत्तो शृणु, हे वल्लभे, यथाहं वदामि।
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-tīrtha (specific amṛta-sambandha water-body introduced in context)
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: A narrator addresses his beloved, pointing toward a luminous sacred water at Prabhāsa; pilgrims prepare for a disciplined bath while the storyteller begins the origin tale.
FAQs
Tīrtha-snāna is portrayed as protective dharma, granting freedom from fear of untimely death.
The sin-destroying tīrtha associated with Śaśāpāna in Prabhāsakṣetra (named in the preceding verse).
Proper bathing (samyak snāna) at the tīrtha.