Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 17
पश्यंत्यद्यापि याः स्नात्वा तत्राहिल्येश्वरं स्त्रियः । पुरुषाश्चापि तद्दोषैर्मुच्यन्ते नात्र संशयः
paśyaṃtyadyāpi yāḥ snātvā tatrāhilyeśvaraṃ striyaḥ | puruṣāścāpi taddoṣairmucyante nātra saṃśayaḥ
آج بھی جو عورتیں وہاں اشنان کر کے اہلیہیشور کے درشن کرتی ہیں وہ ایسے عیوب سے آزاد ہو جاتی ہیں؛ اور مرد بھی انہی داغوں سے چھوٹ جاتے ہیں—اس میں کوئی شک نہیں۔
Deductive: Narratorial voice within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya (speaker not explicit in this verse)
Tirtha: Ahilyeśvara at Prabhāsa
Type: ghat
Listener: Ṛṣis
Scene: Pilgrims—women and men—bathe at the Prabhāsa waters and proceed to the Ahilyeśvara shrine; their faces show relief as symbolic stains dissolve, underscoring ‘no doubt’ certainty.
FAQs
Tīrtha-snāna combined with Śiva-darśana functions as purification, removing moral and ritual blemishes.
Ahilyeśvara—presented as a Śiva shrine in the Prabhāsa sacred geography, associated with liberation from दोष (blemish).
Snāna (bathing) at the site and darśana (beholding) of Ahilyeśvara.