Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 16
माघमासे नरः स्नानं प्रातरुत्थाय तत्र यः । करोति सततं मर्त्यः स प्रयागफलं लभेत्
māghamāse naraḥ snānaṃ prātarutthāya tatra yaḥ | karoti satataṃ martyaḥ sa prayāgaphalaṃ labhet
ماہِ ماغھ میں جو فانی انسان صبح سویرے اٹھ کر وہاں لگاتار اسنان کرتا رہے، وہ پریاگ کے پُنّیہ پھل کو پاتا ہے۔
Narrator (phalaśruti; exact speaker not explicit in snippet)
Tirtha: Viṣṇupadī (contextual)
Type: kund
Scene: Pre-dawn Māgha scene: pilgrims wrapped in simple cloth descend steps to the water; faint sunrise line; breath mist; lamps on the ghat; a priest chants while devotees immerse repeatedly.
FAQs
Seasonal discipline—especially Māgha observances—magnifies tīrtha merit and aligns daily practice with dharma.
The same Viṣṇupadī tīrtha (the ‘there’ of the chapter), whose bathing-fruit is equated with Prayāga.
Prātaḥ-snāna (early morning bathing) performed regularly during the Māgha month.