Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7
तत्र स्नात्वा महादेवि यज्ञकोटिफलं लभेत् । तस्यैव कल्पनामानि शृणु ते कथयाम्यहम्
tatra snātvā mahādevi yajñakoṭiphalaṃ labhet | tasyaiva kalpanāmāni śṛṇu te kathayāmyaham
اے مہادیوی! وہاں اشنان کرنے سے کروڑوں یَجْنوں کا پھل ملتا ہے۔ اب میں تمہیں اسی تیرتھ کے کَلپوں کے مطابق نام سناتا ہوں، سنو۔
Śiva (deduced from Mahādevī-addressed dialogue in this adhyāya)
Tirtha: Cakratīrtha
Type: kund
Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Pilgrims bathing as celestial fires of yajña appear symbolically above the water—ten million tiny sacrificial flames forming a radiant canopy; the narrator addresses Mahādevī, gesturing toward the tīrtha while revealing a scroll/list of its kalpa-names.
FAQs
A single sincere tīrtha-bath can equal vast ritual labors when performed in a supremely sanctified place.
Prabhāsakṣetra and its principal tīrtha (contextually the Prabhāsa region).
Snāna at the site; the verse also introduces a teaching on the site’s kalpa-specific names.