Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 3
तीर्थं निर्माय तत्रैव सस्नुस्ते कपयो मुदा । तीर्थाय च वरं प्रादुः कपयः कामरूपिणः
tīrthaṃ nirmāya tatraiva sasnuste kapayo mudā | tīrthāya ca varaṃ prāduḥ kapayaḥ kāmarūpiṇaḥ
تیِرتھ قائم کر کے وہیں وانروں نے خوشی سے اشنان کیا؛ اور کام روپ دھارنے والے وانروں نے اسی تیرتھ کو ایک ور (برکت) عطا کیا۔
Sūta (continued narration)
Tirtha: Kapitīrtha
Type: tirtha
Listener: Dvijāḥ/Ṛṣayaḥ
Scene: Vānaras, radiant and celebratory, bathe in the newly made Kapitīrtha; a subtle divine glow rises from the water as they grant a boon to the tīrtha, personified as a luminous presence.
FAQs
Creating and honoring a tīrtha through joyful bathing and blessing reflects devotion that sanctifies geography into a liberation-giving place.
Kapitīrtha, where the Vānaras bathed and granted a boon to the site.
Snāna (ritual bathing) at the tīrtha is implied as a central sacred act.