Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 49
स्नानं कृत्वा नरस्तस्मिन्यस्तल्लिंगं प्रपश्यति । करोति जागरं रात्रौ तस्मिन्नेव दिनेदिने । सोऽद्यापि वत्सरं यावन्नापमृत्युमवाप्नुयात्
snānaṃ kṛtvā narastasminyastalliṃgaṃ prapaśyati | karoti jāgaraṃ rātrau tasminneva dinedine | so'dyāpi vatsaraṃ yāvannāpamṛtyumavāpnuyāt
அங்கே ஸ்நானம் செய்து அந்த லிங்கத்தைத் தரிசித்து, அதே இடத்தில் நாள்தோறும் இரவு விழிப்பை மேற்கொள்வவன்—இன்றிலிருந்து முழு ஒரு ஆண்டுவரை அகாலமரணத்தை அடையான்.
Unspecified (narrative voice within Tīrthamāhātmya; likely Sūta continuing the account)
Tirtha: Aditi-kuṇḍa (for snāna) and the associated Śiva-liṅga (for darśana)
Type: kund
Listener: Brāhmaṇa sages (implied)
Scene: A pilgrim bathes in a clear pond at dawn, then offers worship to the liṅga; at night he remains awake with lamps, chanting and keeping vigil repeatedly through days, symbolizing a year-long vow and victory over untimely death.
FAQs
Sustained discipline—purifying snāna, darśana of the liṅga, and repeated night-vigil—is praised as a dhārmic regimen that grants protection and steadiness of life.
The verse glorifies a specific liṅga and its associated bathing spot (kuṇḍa) within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s tīrtha narrative, though the site-name is not stated in the provided excerpt.
Snāna at the kuṇḍa, darśana of the liṅga, and performing jāgara (night-vigil) regularly, potentially extending for a year.
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