Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 93
अद्यप्रभृति सर्वेषां ब्राह्मणानां समुद्भवम् । शुद्धिरत्र प्रकर्तव्या पितृमातृसमुद्द्भवा
adyaprabhṛti sarveṣāṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ samudbhavam | śuddhiratra prakartavyā pitṛmātṛsamuddbhavā
“আজি পৰা সকলো ব্ৰাহ্মণৰ বাবে ইয়াত শুদ্ধি কৰাটো উচিত—পিতৃ-মাতৃৰ পৰা উদ্ভৱ হোৱা (বংশ-জন্ম) সম্পৰ্কীয় শুদ্ধি।”
Vahni (Agni, Fire) (contextual continuation)
Tirtha: Agni-sveda-jala tīrtha (janma/kula-śuddhi)
Type: kund
Scene: A proclamation scene: brāhmaṇas gathered at the kunda; a ritual leader indicates the water while declaring that from this day purification for brāhmaṇas is to be done here; the water glows as if consecrated anew.
FAQs
A tīrtha is framed as an enduring institution for restoring ritual purity, linking personal conduct with ancestral and familial continuity.
The Nāgarakhaṇḍa tīrtha of Adhyāya 113, established as a formal locus for śuddhi (purification) rites.
A standing rule: purification (śuddhi) for brāhmaṇas is to be performed at this site from that day onward.