Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 25
अक्षिरोगस्तथा राजंश्चन्द्रहास्ये विनश्यति । चन्द्रहास्ये तु यो गत्वा ग्रहणे चन्द्रसूर्ययोः । स्नानं समाचरेद्भक्त्या मुच्यते सर्वपातकैः
akṣirogastathā rājaṃścandrahāsye vinaśyati | candrahāsye tu yo gatvā grahaṇe candrasūryayoḥ | snānaṃ samācaredbhaktyā mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ
ข้าแต่พระราชา ณ จันทรหาสยะ โรคตาย่อมสิ้นไป และผู้ใดไปยังจันทรหาสยะ แล้วอาบน้ำด้วยศรัทธาในยามจันทรคราสหรือสุริยคราส ผู้นั้นย่อมหลุดพ้นจากบาปทั้งปวง
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)
Tirtha: Candrahāsya
Type: tirtha
Listener: A king (rājan)
Scene: At Candrahāsya, devotees stand waist-deep in sacred water as the sun/moon is partially obscured; priests chant while offerings float; a healed-eyed devotee gazes upward with folded hands.
FAQs
Devotional bathing at a powerful tīrtha—especially at cosmically charged times like eclipses—is presented as a strong means of purification.
Candrahāsya tīrtha.
Perform snāna at Candrahāsya during lunar or solar eclipses (candra/sūrya-grahaṇa) with bhakti for sin-removal.