Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 38
तथा वंध्या च या नारी पंचम्यां भास्करोदये । श्रावणे कुरुते स्नानं कृष्णपक्षे विशेषतः । सा सद्यो लभते पुत्रं स्ववंशोद्धरणक्षमम्
tathā vaṃdhyā ca yā nārī paṃcamyāṃ bhāskarodaye | śrāvaṇe kurute snānaṃ kṛṣṇapakṣe viśeṣataḥ | sā sadyo labhate putraṃ svavaṃśoddharaṇakṣamam
اسی طرح جو بانجھ عورت پنچمی کے دن سورج نکلتے وقت—خصوصاً ماہِ شراون کے کرشن پکش میں—وہاں اشنان کرے، وہ فوراً ایسا بیٹا پاتی ہے جو اپنے خاندان کو سنبھالنے اور بلند کرنے کے لائق ہو۔
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) speaking to the sages (deduced)
Type: ghat
Scene: At sunrise on pañcamī, a woman bathes in sacred waters; the sun disk rises; attendants hold lamps; Nāga symbols appear on the bank; the scene conveys immediate blessing of progeny.
FAQs
The Purāṇic teaching links sacred-time (Śrāvaṇa, pañcamī, sunrise) and sacred-place (tīrtha) to tangible grace—progeny and lineage continuity—through disciplined ritual.
The same tīrtha under praise in this chapter—connected with Nāgas/serpents—where bathing is said to bear extraordinary fruit.
Bathing at sunrise on pañcamī, particularly in Śrāvaṇa month during the kṛṣṇa-pakṣa.