Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 32
वसिष्ठ उवाच । या वंध्यास्मिञ्जले पूर्णे स्नानमात्रं करिष्यति । सापि पुत्रमवाप्नोति सर्वलक्षणलक्षितम्
vasiṣṭha uvāca | yā vaṃdhyāsmiñjale pūrṇe snānamātraṃ kariṣyati | sāpi putramavāpnoti sarvalakṣaṇalakṣitam
Vasiṣṭha nói: “Người phụ nữ hiếm muộn, chỉ cần tắm trong dòng nước này—đầy sự linh thiêng—thì cũng sẽ được một người con trai mang đủ mọi tướng lành cát tường.”
Vasiṣṭha
Tirtha: Nāga-tīrtha
Type: kund
Listener: Śaunaka et al. (implied)
Scene: Vasiṣṭha speaks with calm certainty, hand raised in blessing; the spring is shown as brimming (‘pūrṇa’) and radiant. A symbolic child with auspicious marks (tilaka, lotus-like signs) is hinted as the promised fruit.
FAQs
Rishi-vākya (the sage’s word) seals the tīrtha’s efficacy; faith joined with a simple rite is portrayed as powerful.
Nāga-tīrtha—its water is described as pūrṇa (full), i.e., charged with sacred potency.
Snāna-mātra in the tīrtha-water, with the promised fruit of a virtuous, auspiciously marked son.