Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 13
तत्रोपवासं यः कुर्यान्नरो भक्तिसमन्वितः । एकेनैवोपवासेन उपवासायुतं फलम् । चक्रतीर्थे नरः स्नात्वा सोपवासो जितेंद्रियः
tatropavāsaṃ yaḥ kuryānnaro bhaktisamanvitaḥ | ekenaivopavāsena upavāsāyutaṃ phalam | cakratīrthe naraḥ snātvā sopavāso jiteṃdriyaḥ
وہاں جو شخص بھکتی کے ساتھ روزہ (اُپواس) رکھے، وہ صرف ایک اُپواس سے ہی دس ہزار اُپواسوں کا پھل پاتا ہے۔ چکرتیرتھ میں اشنان کرکے، اُپواس کی حالت میں اور ضبطِ نفس کے ساتھ، وہ بلند ترین پُنّیہ حاصل کرتا ہے۔
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Cakratīrtha
Type: kund
Listener: Devī
Scene: At a sacred waterbody called Cakratīrtha, a devotee emerges from the water with folded hands, wet hair tied, wearing simple cloth; nearby a subtle emblem of the Sudarśana-cakra on a shrine; the devotee maintains a fasting austerity, calm and self-contained.
FAQs
Devotional discipline—fasting with self-control—becomes immensely potent when joined to tīrtha-bathing.
Cakratīrtha within Prabhāsa-kṣetra.
Perform snāna at Cakratīrtha and observe upavāsa with devotion and sense-restraint.