Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 100
पादांगुष्ठेन च भवांस्तत्र कुंडं विधास्यति । सर्वतीर्थस्नान तुल्यं तत्र स्नानं च तद्दिने
pādāṃguṣṭhena ca bhavāṃstatra kuṃḍaṃ vidhāsyati | sarvatīrthasnāna tulyaṃ tatra snānaṃ ca taddine
আৰু তুমি তোমাৰ পায়েৰ ডাঙৰ আঙুলিৰে তাত এটা কুণ্ড নিৰ্মাণ কৰিবা। সেই দিন তাত স্নান কৰা সকলো তীৰ্থস্নানৰ সমান।
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced; instruction addressed to a listener within the narrative)
Tirtha: Lohāṇā-kuṇḍa (kuṇḍa to be fashioned)
Type: kund
Listener: Pāṇḍava
Scene: A heroic Pāṇḍava presses the earth with his great toe; water springs forth forming a clear kuṇḍa. Pilgrims gather with folded hands as Skanda’s presence sanctifies the waters; the scene emphasizes emergence and consecration.
FAQs
A sanctified place and time can concentrate the merit of many pilgrimages, making dharma accessible through a single focused act.
A kuṇḍa (sacred tank) established at the Lohāṇā locale is glorified as granting the fruit of all-tīrtha bathing.
Establish the kuṇḍa at the site and perform snāna there on the specified day; that bath is said to equal sarva-tīrtha-snāna.