Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 20
चन्द्रप्रभासे यो गत्वा स्नानं विधिवदाचरेत् । व्याधिना नाभिभूतः स्यात्क्षयरोगेण वा युतः
candraprabhāse yo gatvā snānaṃ vidhivadācaret | vyādhinā nābhibhūtaḥ syātkṣayarogeṇa vā yutaḥ
جو چندرپربھاس میں جا کر شاستری وِدھی کے مطابق اشنان کرے، وہ بیماری کے غلبے میں نہیں آتا اور نہ ہی کَشَیَ روگ (دق) میں مبتلا ہوتا ہے۔
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)
Tirtha: Candraprabhāsa
Type: tirtha
Listener: King (implied by adjacent vocatives in the passage cluster)
Scene: A luminous tīrtha pool/river bend named Candraprabhāsa, shimmering as if lit by moonlight even in daytime; pilgrims perform vidhivat snāna with folded hands; a subtle icon of Śiva nearby; the atmosphere suggests relief from illness and renewed vitality.
FAQs
Ritual purity and faith at a praised tīrtha are portrayed as bringing both spiritual and bodily protection.
Candraprabhāsa tīrtha.
Vidhivat snāna—bathing performed in the proper prescribed manner at the tīrtha.