Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 55
तत्र स्नात्वा नरो यस्तु पश्येच्छंखेश्वरं ततः । सर्वेषां फलमाप्नोति माघस्य प्रथमेऽहनि
tatra snātvā naro yastu paśyecchaṃkheśvaraṃ tataḥ | sarveṣāṃ phalamāpnoti māghasya prathame'hani
وہاں غسل کرکے جو مرد پھر شَنکھیشور کے درشن کرے، وہ ماہِ ماغھ کے پہلے دن تمام تیرتھوں اور اعمال کا پھل پا لیتا ہے۔
Viśvāmitra
Tirtha: Śaṅkheśvara-tīrtha
Type: ghat
Scene: A pilgrim emerges from a sacred ford at dawn in Māgha, water dripping, hands folded; ahead stands a Śiva-liṅga shrine named Śaṅkheśvara, with conch motifs and lamps, while priests prepare offerings.
FAQs
Sacred time (Māgha) and sacred place (tīrtha) together amplify merit; darśana of Śiva crowns the pilgrimage act.
Śaṅkha-tīrtha and the deity Śaṅkheśvara located there.
On Māgha’s first day: bathe at the tīrtha and then take darśana of Śaṅkheśvara.