Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2
यस्मिन्स्नात्वा नरः सम्यङ्नापमृत्युभयं लभेत् । शृणु यस्मात्तदुत्पत्तिं वदतो मम वल्लभे
yasminsnātvā naraḥ samyaṅnāpamṛtyubhayaṃ labhet | śṛṇu yasmāttadutpattiṃ vadato mama vallabhe
وہاں ٹھیک طریقے سے اشنان کرنے سے انسان کو بے وقت موت کا خوف نہیں رہتا۔ اے محبوبہ، میری باتوں سے اُس تیرتھ کی پیدائش سنو، جیسا کہ میں بیان کرتا ہوں۔
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-tīrtha (specific amṛta-sambandha water-body introduced in context)
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: A narrator addresses his beloved, pointing toward a luminous sacred water at Prabhāsa; pilgrims prepare for a disciplined bath while the storyteller begins the origin tale.
FAQs
Tīrtha-snāna is portrayed as protective dharma, granting freedom from fear of untimely death.
The sin-destroying tīrtha associated with Śaśāpāna in Prabhāsakṣetra (named in the preceding verse).
Proper bathing (samyak snāna) at the tīrtha.