Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 22
तद्दृष्ट्वा परमाश्चर्यमतीव त्वरयान्वितः । सोऽपि तत्राकरोत्स्नानं संजातश्च यथा पुरा
taddṛṣṭvā paramāścaryamatīva tvarayānvitaḥ | so'pi tatrākarotsnānaṃ saṃjātaśca yathā purā
اس نہایت عجیب واقعے کو دیکھ کر، وہ بھی بڑی عجلت میں وہاں غسل کرنے لگا؛ اور وہ بھی پہلے جیسا ہو گیا۔
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)
Type: kund
Scene: The sage, astonished and eager, steps into the lake; as he bathes, his aged, wrinkled body becomes youthful/previous again—mirroring the earlier reversal, with a calmer, reconciliatory tone.
FAQs
Faith prompted by witnessing dharma’s fruits leads to immediate practice; the tīrtha rewards sincere action with renewal and auspiciousness.
The same lake-tīrtha in Nāgarakhaṇḍa Adhyāya 44, later connected with Viśvāmitreśvara.
Snāna (bathing) at the tīrtha, undertaken promptly upon recognizing its power.