Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 74
वेतालकुंडं तत्रास्ति सर्वव्याधिविघातकृत् । तत्कुंडोदकसंस्पर्शाद्व्रणविस्फोटरुग्व्रजेत्
vetālakuṃḍaṃ tatrāsti sarvavyādhivighātakṛt | tatkuṃḍodakasaṃsparśādvraṇavisphoṭarugvrajet
সেখানে বেতাল-কুণ্ড আছে, যা সকল রোগব্যাধি বিনাশ করে। সেই কুণ্ডের জল স্পর্শ করলেই ক্ষত ও ফুসকুড়ির যন্ত্রণা দূর হয়॥
Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa context: Skanda to Agastya)
Tirtha: Vetāla-kuṇḍa
Type: kund
Listener: muni (sage)
Scene: A small sacred pool shaded by trees and shrine walls; pilgrims touch the water to wounds; attendants offer lamps; the kuṇḍa is marked as ‘Vetāla-kuṇḍa’ with protective iconography nearby.
FAQs
Tīrtha-waters in Kāśī are portrayed as grace-bearing: physical relief symbolizes the deeper removal of afflictions through sacred contact.
Vetāla-kuṇḍa, a sacred pool in Kāśī described as a remover of diseases.
Contact with (and implicitly bathing/using) the water of Vetāla-kuṇḍa for alleviation of ailments such as wounds and eruptions.