Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 58
प्रह्लाद उवाच । तदाप्रभृति विप्रेंद्राः स कूपो नृगसंज्ञया । वरदानाच्च कृष्णस्य पावनः सर्वदेहिनाम्
prahlāda uvāca | tadāprabhṛti vipreṃdrāḥ sa kūpo nṛgasaṃjñayā | varadānācca kṛṣṇasya pāvanaḥ sarvadehinām
প্ৰহ্লাদে ক’লে: “সেই সময়ৰ পৰা, হে বিপ্ৰেন্দ্ৰসকল, সেই কূপ ‘নৃগ’ নামে পৰিচিত হ’ল; আৰু কৃষ্ণৰ বৰদানত ই সকলো দেহধাৰীৰ বাবে পাৱনকাৰী হ’ল।”
Prahlāda
Tirtha: Nṛga-kūpa
Type: kund
Listener: viprendra / dvija-śreṣṭhas (brāhmaṇas)
Scene: Prahlāda, serene and radiant, addresses assembled brāhmaṇas, pointing to a sacred well labeled ‘Nṛga’; a subtle aura suggests Kṛṣṇa’s boon sanctifying its waters for all beings.
FAQs
A tīrtha’s sanctity is intensified by divine boon; sacred places become universal purifiers when tied to dharmic narrative and divine grace.
Nṛga-kūpa (also understood as Nṛga-tīrtha) in the Dvārakā-māhātmya.
No direct prescription here; it declares the tīrtha’s purifying power for all beings.