Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 3
स्नात्वा तत्र नरो भक्त्या तौ पश्येद्यः समाहितः । माघशुक्लचतुर्दश्यां न स भूयोऽत्र जायते
snātvā tatra naro bhaktyā tau paśyedyaḥ samāhitaḥ | māghaśuklacaturdaśyāṃ na sa bhūyo'tra jāyate
جو شخص عقیدت سے وہاں غسل کرے اور یکسو دل ہو کر اس الٰہی جوڑے کے درشن کرے—ماگھ کی شُکل چتُردشی کو—وہ پھر یہاں دوبارہ جنم نہیں لیتا۔
Sūta
Tirtha: Umā-Maheśvara Kuṇḍa and Darśana-sthāna
Type: kund
Listener: Śaunaka and sages (implied)
Scene: A devotee bathes in the clear kuṇḍa, then with a steady, meditative gaze beholds Umā and Maheśvara on Māgha bright caturdaśī, attaining freedom from rebirth.
FAQs
Devotional bathing and darśana performed with mental focus on an auspicious tithi are taught to culminate in liberation from rebirth.
The kuṇḍa and shrine of Umā-Maheśvara described in Nāgarakhaṇḍa, Tīrthamāhātmya, Adhyāya 52.
Snāna at the tīrtha followed by darśana of Umā-Maheśvara, specifically on Māgha śukla caturdaśī (bright fortnight 14th).