Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2
यत्र प्राप्तवती कामं सुकन्या वरवर्णिनी । सरःस्नानप्रभावेन तेन कन्यासरः स्मृतम् । तत्र स्नाता शुभा नारी तृतीयायां विशेषतः
yatra prāptavatī kāmaṃ sukanyā varavarṇinī | saraḥsnānaprabhāvena tena kanyāsaraḥ smṛtam | tatra snātā śubhā nārī tṛtīyāyāṃ viśeṣataḥ
جہاں خوش رنگ سُکنیا نے اُس سرور میں اشنان کے اثر سے اپنی مراد پا لی؛ اسی لیے وہ ‘کنیا سرس’ (کنواری کا تالاب) کہلاتا ہے۔ وہاں جو نیک عورت، خصوصاً تِرتِیا کے دن، اشنان کرے وہ مبارک ثمرات پاتی ہے۔
Narrative voice (Māhātmya passage; speaker not explicit in this verse)
Tirtha: Kanyā-saras (Sukanyā-saras)
Type: kund
Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Sukanyā, radiant and modest, performs a sacred bath in Kanyā-saras on tṛtīyā; attendants hold offerings; the lake glows with sanctity as the boon is fulfilled.
FAQs
Sacred bathing at a consecrated tīrtha is portrayed as a dharmic means to fulfill worthy desires and gain auspiciousness.
Kanyā-saras (also connected with Sukanyā), a revered lake within Prabhāsa kṣetra.
Bathing (snāna) at the lake, with special emphasis on performing it on the lunar day Tṛtīyā.