Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7
तत्र वापीषु कूपेषु यत्र तत्रोद्भवं जलम् । सारस्वतं तु तज्ज्ञेयं ते धन्या ये पिबंति तत्
tatra vāpīṣu kūpeṣu yatra tatrodbhavaṃ jalam | sārasvataṃ tu tajjñeyaṃ te dhanyā ye pibaṃti tat
وہاں تالابوں اور کنوؤں میں جہاں کہیں بھی پانی پھوٹے، اسے ‘سارسوت’ جل ہی جاننا چاہیے۔ واقعی مبارک ہیں وہ جو اسے پیتے ہیں۔
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Sārasvata-jala (Prabhāsa groundwater/tīrtha-water)
Type: kund
Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Pilgrims draw water from a stone well and a stepped tank; the water is depicted as luminous, with subtle Sarasvatī motifs (veena/lotus) shimmering within; elders bless those who drink.
FAQs
Contact with a tīrtha sanctifies even ordinary sources of water; reverent use of such water becomes a form of devotion.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra’s Sarasvatī-connected waters, present even in local wells and tanks.
A devotional practice is implied: drinking the Sārasvata water (and by extension valuing it as tīrtha-jala).