Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 20
ते धन्यास्ते महात्मानस्तेषां जन्म सुजीवितम् । चन्द्रहासे तु ये स्नात्वा पश्यन्ति ग्रहणं नराः
te dhanyāste mahātmānasteṣāṃ janma sujīvitam | candrahāse tu ye snātvā paśyanti grahaṇaṃ narāḥ
وہی لوگ واقعی مبارک اور عظیم روح والے ہیں؛ اُن کی پیدائش سچ مچ کامیاب ہے—جو چندرہاس میں اشنان کرکے گرہن کا درشن کرتے ہیں۔
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)
Tirtha: Candrahāsa
Type: ghat
Listener: rājendra (king)
Scene: Pilgrims at a riverbank tīrtha named Candrahāsa, performing snāna as the sun/moon is eclipsed; priests chant, lamps and offerings line the ghat; the sky darkens with a haloed disc.
FAQs
A life is considered fulfilled when one uses rare sacred occasions (like an eclipse) at a praised tīrtha for purification and devotion.
Candrahāsa tīrtha, especially in connection with eclipse observances.
Bathing at Candrahāsa and then witnessing the grahaṇa (eclipse) as a sacred observance.