Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 20
तत्रान्या देवकन्याश्च सिद्धयक्षांगनास्तथा । यस्तत्र कुरुते स्नानं तस्मिन्काले नराधिप
tatrānyā devakanyāśca siddhayakṣāṃganāstathā | yastatra kurute snānaṃ tasminkāle narādhipa
அங்கே பிற தேவகன்னியரும், சித்தர் மற்றும் யக்ஷர் குலப் பெண்களும் இருப்பர். அரசே! அந்த நேரத்தில் அங்கே நீராடுபவன்—
Pulastya (addressing a king)
Tirtha: Same Arbuda jalāśaya (tīrtha)
Type: kund
Listener: Narādhipa (king)
Scene: Around the lake, celestial maidens and the women of Siddhas and Yakṣas appear as an unseen/half-seen retinue, while the narrator addresses the king about the fruit of bathing at that time.
FAQs
Right place and right time (deśa-kāla) amplify ritual merit; a true tīrtha draws even subtle celestial communities.
The same jalāśaya/tīrtha in Arbuda-khaṇḍa where the Māgha-śukla-tṛtīyā bath occurs.
Bathing at that tīrtha during the specified auspicious time (linked to Māgha-śukla-tṛtīyā, dawn).