Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3
कुंडिकायां नरः स्नात्वा संगमेश्वरमर्चयेत् । तस्य जन्मसहस्राणि लक्ष्म्याः पुत्रै प्रियैः सह । असंगमं महादेवि न कदाचित्प्रजायते
kuṃḍikāyāṃ naraḥ snātvā saṃgameśvaramarcayet | tasya janmasahasrāṇi lakṣmyāḥ putrai priyaiḥ saha | asaṃgamaṃ mahādevi na kadācitprajāyate
کُنڈِکا میں اشنان کرکے انسان کو سنگمیشور کی پوجا کرنی چاہیے۔ اس کے لیے ہزار جنموں تک لکشمی کی برکت محبوب بیٹوں سمیت قائم رہتی ہے؛ اور اے مہادیوی، نیک صحبت/مبارک سنگت سے جدائی کبھی پیدا نہیں ہوتی۔
Śiva (Īśvara)
Tirtha: Kuṇḍikā / Saṃgameśvara
Type: kund
Listener: Mahādevī / Pārvatī
Scene: Pilgrims emerge from a small kuṇḍa, water dripping, then proceed in a line toward a Śiva shrine labeled Saṃgameśvara; offerings of bilva leaves, flowers, and lamps; the goddess is implied as listener in the narrative frame.
FAQs
Purification (snāna) followed by devotion (arcana) is upheld as a dharmic pathway yielding both worldly welfare and sustained auspiciousness.
Kuṇḍikā tīrtha and the Śiva-site Saṃgameśvara in Prabhāsakṣetra.
Bathe in Kuṇḍikā (snāna) and then worship Saṃgameśvara (arcana/pujā).