Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 15
पंचरात्रस्य मध्ये तु यः स्नानं च करिष्यति । श्राद्धं वा श्रद्धया युक्तस्तस्य स्यादक्षयं हि तत्
paṃcarātrasya madhye tu yaḥ snānaṃ ca kariṣyati | śrāddhaṃ vā śraddhayā yuktastasya syādakṣayaṃ hi tat
پانچ راتوں کے ورت کے بیچ جو کوئی پُنیہ اسنان کرے، یا شرَدھا کے ساتھ شرادھ کرے—اس کے لیے وہ کرم یقیناً اَکشَی (لازوال) ہو جاتا ہے۔
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic voice; speaker not explicit in this verse)
Type: ghat
Scene: Pilgrims bathe at a tīrtha at dawn; a householder performs śrāddha on the bank with darbha, piṇḍa, and water offerings, while priests guide the rite; the atmosphere suggests ‘akṣaya’ merit.
FAQs
Faithful performance of rites—especially bathing and śrāddha—during a sanctified period yields inexhaustible spiritual merit.
The verse emphasizes the merit of rite and timing; the exact tīrtha is implied by the surrounding chapter’s tīrtha-māhātmya setting but is not named here.
Perform snāna (ritual bathing) and/or śrāddha with śraddhā (faith) during the pañcarātra period for akṣaya (imperishable) results.