Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5
ततस्ते सहिताः सर्वे विस्मयोत्फुल्ललोचनाः । अत्र स्नाता वयं सर्वे यतः पिंगत्वमागताः । अतः प्रभृति नामास्यास्ततः पिंगा भविष्यति
tataste sahitāḥ sarve vismayotphullalocanāḥ | atra snātā vayaṃ sarve yataḥ piṃgatvamāgatāḥ | ataḥ prabhṛti nāmāsyāstataḥ piṃgā bhaviṣyati
ثم اجتمعوا جميعًا، وقد اتّسعت عيونهم دهشةً، وقالوا: «لقد اغتسلنا كلّنا هنا، فبلغنا إشراقًا ذهبيًّا مائلًا إلى الصفرة. فمن الآن فصاعدًا سيكون اسمُها: بِنْغَا (Piṅgā).»
Īśvara (Śiva) narrating the sages’ words
Tirtha: Piṅgā-tīrtha / Piṅgalī (named here)
Type: ghat
Listener: Devī
Scene: Transformed sages stand together, eyes wide with wonder, pointing to their golden-tawny radiance; one elder declares the name ‘Piṅgā’; the river/kunda glows with amber light as if accepting the name.
FAQs
Purāṇic māhātmyas often encode spiritual truth through sacred etymology: the tīrtha’s name memorializes its transformative grace.
The Piṅgā/Piṅgalī river-tīrtha in Prabhāsa Kṣetra.
Snāna at the site; the verse explains the resulting ‘piṅga’ radiance and the river’s naming.