Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 3
तत्र स्नात्वा नरो राजञ्छुचिः प्रयतमानसः । उपोष्य रजनीमेकां गोसहस्रफलं लभेत्
tatra snātvā naro rājañchuciḥ prayatamānasaḥ | upoṣya rajanīmekāṃ gosahasraphalaṃ labhet
اے راجن! وہاں غسل کرکے آدمی پاکیزہ اور ضبطِ نفس والے دل کے ساتھ ایک رات کا اُپواس رکھے تو اسے ہزار گایوں کے دان کے برابر پُنّیہ حاصل ہوتا ہے۔
Mārkaṇḍeya
Tirtha: Kāmika-tīrtha (as implied by the section’s focus)
Type: kshetra
Listener: King (rājan)
Scene: A pilgrim at a riverine tīrtha performs snāna at dawn, then sits in quiet fasting discipline through the night, with a kingly listener implied in the narrative frame.
FAQs
Purity and mental discipline, combined with vrata (fasting) at a tīrtha, multiplies puṇya and supports dharmic life.
Manmatheśa tīrtha in the Revā Khaṇḍa context.
Bathe at the tīrtha and observe a one-night fast (ekarātri upavāsa).