Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 22
अहो तीर्थप्रभावोऽयमपूर्वः प्रतिभाति मे । यत्र संजायते गर्भः स्त्रीणां शुक्ररजोविना
aho tīrthaprabhāvo'yamapūrvaḥ pratibhāti me | yatra saṃjāyate garbhaḥ strīṇāṃ śukrarajovinā
“啊！此圣地的威德在我看来实属前所未有——在这里，女子竟可不凭精液与经血而怀孕。”
Gautamī
Tirtha: Arbuda-tīrtha (as presented in Arbudakhaṇḍa)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A wonder-struck speaker beholds a radiant tīrtha; women at the sacred waters, lotus-filled pool/riverbank, aura of divine intervention suggesting conception without ordinary means.
FAQs
A tīrtha is portrayed as a locus of divine potency where the ordinary limits of nature yield to sacred grace, inspiring reverence and faith.
The Arbuda Khaṇḍa tīrtha being visited in this episode—praised for its extraordinary, wish-fulfilling power.
No explicit injunction; the verse functions as a testimonial praising the tīrtha’s efficacy (implying the value of visiting and bathing/standing in its waters).