Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 8
अन्ते वयसि मुक्तः स्यात्स नरो नात्र संशयः । साध्यामृते नरः स्नात्वा देहबंधाद्विमुच्यते
ante vayasi muktaḥ syātsa naro nātra saṃśayaḥ | sādhyāmṛte naraḥ snātvā dehabaṃdhādvimucyate
เมื่อถึงบั้นปลายชีวิต ผู้นั้นย่อมได้โมกษะอย่างแน่นอน—ไม่มีข้อสงสัยเลย ครั้นอาบน้ำศักดิ์สิทธิ์ในสาธยามฤตะแล้ว ย่อมพ้นจากพันธนาการแห่งกาย
Deductive: a Purāṇic narrator within Setukhaṇḍa (likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa addressing sages)
Tirtha: Sādhyāmṛta
Type: kund
Scene: An aged pilgrim, staff in hand, steps into a luminous sacred pool named Sādhyāmṛta; the water glows like nectar, and subtle bonds (chains/threads) around the body dissolve as Śiva’s grace is implied in the sky.
FAQs
A tīrtha-bath undertaken with right orientation is portrayed as a liberating act that breaks bodily bondage.
Sādhyāmṛta tīrtha/waters in Setukhaṇḍa.
Snāna (bathing) in Sādhyāmṛta with the implied aim of purification and liberation.
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