Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 70
व्याधिग्रस्तोपि यो मर्त्यः षण्मासाच्चैव मानवः । रविकुण्डे च सुस्नातः सर्वरोगात्प्रमुच्यते
vyādhigrastopi yo martyaḥ ṣaṇmāsāccaiva mānavaḥ | ravikuṇḍe ca susnātaḥ sarvarogātpramucyate
Selbst ein Sterblicher, von Krankheit befallen—wenn er sechs Monate lang in Ravikuṇḍa gründlich badet—wird von allen Leiden befreit.
Sūta (deduced)
Tirtha: Ravikuṇḍa
Type: kund
Scene: A sick devotee supported by family approaches the kund repeatedly across seasons; a montage-like sense of time passing (six months) while the sun’s path changes; the devotee gradually stands upright, healed.
FAQs
Sustained discipline (a time-bound vow) at a holy site is praised as a means to purification and well-being.
Ravikuṇḍa in Ravikṣetra, within the Dharmāraṇya section of the Skanda Purāṇa.
A six-month regimen of proper bathing (susnāna) in Ravikuṇḍa.