Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 28
वन्ध्या नारी जलं तत्र या पिबेत्तिलकान्वितम् । अपि वर्षशताब्दा च सद्यो गर्भवती भवेत्
vandhyā nārī jalaṃ tatra yā pibettilakānvitam | api varṣaśatābdā ca sadyo garbhavatī bhavet
وہاں جو بانجھ عورت تلک کی برکت سے آمیختہ وہ پانی پی لے، وہ اگر سو برس سے بھی بے اولاد ہو تب بھی فوراً حاملہ ہو جائے۔
Pulastya (contextual)
Tirtha: Tilakānvita-jala (Arbuda)
Type: kund
Listener: null
Scene: A sorrowful childless woman drinks sanctified water near the Tilaka tree/cave entrance; the atmosphere shifts from grief to hope as divine grace is implied.
FAQs
The tīrtha is praised as life-giving and grace-bestowing, teaching reliance on dharmic pilgrimage and sacred waters for divine aid.
Rūpatīrtha in Arbuda Khaṇḍa (Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa), specifically its Tilaka-associated water.
Drinking the tīrtha-water (pāna), described as ‘Tilaka-infused,’ as a faith-based observance.