Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 34
स विशल्योऽभवद्यस्मात्प्राप्य तस्याः शिवं जलम् । कपिला नामतस्तेन विशल्या चोच्यते बुधैः
sa viśalyo'bhavadyasmātprāpya tasyāḥ śivaṃ jalam | kapilā nāmatastena viśalyā cocyate budhaiḥ
Weil er, nachdem er ihr glückverheißendes, von Śiva gesegnetes Wasser erlangt hatte, ohne śalya—den «Stachel des Schmerzes»—wurde, ist sie dem Namen nach Kapilā; darum nennen die Weisen auch diese heilige Furt Viśalyā, die das śalya entfernt.
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator; likely Mārkaṇḍeya continuing the account)
Tirtha: Viśalyā-tīrtha (Kāpilā-hrada)
Type: kund
Scene: A calm, luminous lake labeled by sages as ‘Viśalyā’; subtle Śiva iconography (trident/third-eye aura) reflected in water; the healed child stands unharmed beside his mother.
FAQs
Contact with Śiva-sanctified tīrtha-water removes inner ‘śalya’—deep afflictions and karmic pain.
Viśalyā (also called Kapilā), a tīrtha associated with auspicious water within the Revā (Narmadā) sacred geography.
Implied: taking/using the tīrtha-water (snāna/ācamana) for purification and relief from affliction.