Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 28
यस्तत्र कुरुते स्नानं श्रद्धापूतेन चेतसा । स देवलोकमासाद्य पितृभिः सह मोदते
yastatra kurute snānaṃ śraddhāpūtena cetasā | sa devalokamāsādya pitṛbhiḥ saha modate
நம்பிக்கையால் தூய்மையடைந்த மனத்துடன் அங்கே நீராடுகிறவன் தேவருலகத்தை அடைந்து, பித்ருக்களுடன் சேர்ந்து மகிழ்வான்।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Viśvāmitreśvara-tīrtha (sacred waters)
Type: kund
Scene: A devotee bathes with folded hands and inward faith; above, a luminous devaloka opens; nearby, pitṛs appear serene, receiving the merit and rejoicing with the pilgrim.
FAQs
Faith (śraddhā) is the purifier that makes ritual fruitful; tīrtha-bathing done with śraddhā yields divine and ancestral welfare.
The same Nāgarakhaṇḍa Adhyāya 44 tīrtha, whose waters are praised as exceptionally meritorious.
Snāna at the tīrtha performed with śraddhā (a faith-filled, purified intention).
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