Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 58
दिगंगनाः प्रार्थयंति यत्प्रयागानिलानपि । तेपि नः पावयिष्यंति किं कुर्मः पंगवो वयम्
digaṃganāḥ prārthayaṃti yatprayāgānilānapi | tepi naḥ pāvayiṣyaṃti kiṃ kurmaḥ paṃgavo vayam
Die Jungfrauen der Himmelsrichtungen flehen sogar die Winde von Prayāga selbst an: „Auch sie werden uns reinigen — was sollen wir tun, wir Lahmen?“ So klagen sie.
Skanda
Tirtha: Prayāga
Type: sangam
Scene: Personified direction-maidens (dik-kanyās) stand at the edges of the world, hands folded, pleading to the winds that blow from Prayāga; the wind is shown as a subtle deity carrying sacred mist toward them.
FAQs
Prayāga’s purity is so pervasive that even its air is depicted as sanctifying—holiness extends beyond water to the entire sacred environment.
Prayāga, specifically its ‘anila’ (winds/air) as a sanctifying presence.
No direct prescription; it poetically supports the broader Prayāga purification theme (snāna and tīrtha-contact).