Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1
ईश्वर उवाच । ततो गच्छेन्महादेवि सुकन्यासर उतमम् । यत्राश्विनौ निमग्नौ तौ च्यवनेन सहांबिके । समानरूपो ह्यभवच्च्यवनो यत्र सोऽश्विना
īśvara uvāca | tato gacchenmahādevi sukanyāsara utamam | yatrāśvinau nimagnau tau cyavanena sahāṃbike | samānarūpo hyabhavaccyavano yatra so'śvinā
اِیشور نے فرمایا: پھر، اے مہادیوی، اُتم سُکنیا سرور کی طرف جاؤ؛ اے امبیکے، جہاں دونوں اشون چَیون کے ساتھ غوطہ زن ہوئے، اور جہاں چَیون اشونوں کے مانند ہی ہم شکل—جوان اور نورانی—ہو گیا۔
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Sukanyā-saras / Kanyā-saras
Type: kund
Listener: Mahādevī / Ambikā (Pārvatī)
Scene: At a luminous lake within Prabhāsa, the twin Aśvins stand radiant as Cyavana emerges youthful from the waters; Devī is addressed as Ambikā while Īśvara narrates the tīrtha’s marvel.
FAQs
Sacred waters linked to ṛṣis and divine physicians (Aśvins) signify renewal—bodily and spiritual—through tīrtha-sevā.
Sukanyā-saraḥ (Sukanyā Lake), a tīrtha in Prabhāsa Kṣetra associated with Cyavana and the Aśvins.
Pilgrimage instruction: ‘one should go’ to Sukanyā Lake; bathing/immersion is implied by the narrative of the Aśvins and Cyavana.