Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 24
ईश्वर उवाच । इत्युक्त्वांतर्दधे विष्णुर्लुब्धकोऽपि दिवं गतः । येऽत्र स्नानं करिष्यंति भक्त्या परमया युताः । विष्णुलोकं गमिष्यंति प्रीत्या ते मत्प्रसादतः
īśvara uvāca | ityuktvāṃtardadhe viṣṇurlubdhako'pi divaṃ gataḥ | ye'tra snānaṃ kariṣyaṃti bhaktyā paramayā yutāḥ | viṣṇulokaṃ gamiṣyaṃti prītyā te matprasādataḥ
ईश्वर उवाच—एवमुक्त्वा विष्णुरन्तर्हितोऽभवत्, लुब्धकोऽपि दिवं गतः। येऽत्र परमभक्तियुताः स्नानं करिष्यन्ति, ते मत्प्रसादात् प्रीत्या विष्णुलोकं गमिष्यन्ति।
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Bhalla-tīrtha vicinity)
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: Īśvara narrates: Viṣṇu vanishes into divine radiance; the hunter (lubdhaka) ascends to heaven; pilgrims bathe at the sacred waters with folded hands, receiving the promise of Viṣṇuloka by grace.
FAQs
Devotional bathing in a sanctified tīrtha, supported by divine grace, leads the pilgrim toward Viṣṇu’s realm.
The tīrtha ‘here’ is within Prabhāsa-kṣetra, contextually Bhalla-tīrtha.
Snāna (ritual bathing) at the tīrtha, performed with paramā-bhakti (supreme devotion).