Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 55
या कृता कामदेवेन कुष्ठग्रस्तेन वै पुरा । स्नपनार्थं च कुष्ठस्य विनाशाय च सादरम्
yā kṛtā kāmadevena kuṣṭhagrastena vai purā | snapanārthaṃ ca kuṣṭhasya vināśāya ca sādaram
هذا البئر المقدّس صنعه قديماً كاماديفا حين كان مبتلى بالجذام؛ صنعه بخشوعٍ ليغتسل فيه، ولإفناء ذلك الجذام إفناءً تامّاً.
Sūta (deduced from immediate narrative context in Tīrthamāhātmya)
Tirtha: Saubhāgya-kūpikā
Type: kund
Scene: Kāmadeva, visibly afflicted with leprosy, digs/creates a well with reverence; attendants hold water pots; the moment is charged with penitence and hope, foreshadowing cure.
FAQs
Reverent bathing at a consecrated tīrtha, undertaken with faith, is portrayed as a dharmic means for purification and the removal of suffering.
A sacred well connected with Kāmadeva, introduced as a healing tīrtha within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya (context later identifies related wells such as Candrakūpikā/Saubhāgyakūpī).
Snāna (ritual bathing) performed with sādara (reverence) for the destruction of kuṣṭha (leprosy).