Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 68
तत्र शक्रो विपाप्माभूद्धत्वा गर्भं दितेः पुरा । विश्वस्ताया विशेषेण मातुः काकुत्स्थसत्तम । तस्मात्तत्र द्रुतं गत्वा स्नानं कुरु महामते
tatra śakro vipāpmābhūddhatvā garbhaṃ diteḥ purā | viśvastāyā viśeṣeṇa mātuḥ kākutsthasattama | tasmāttatra drutaṃ gatvā snānaṃ kuru mahāmate
„Dort wurde Śakra (Indra) einst sündenfrei, nachdem er vor Zeiten den Embryo Ditis vernichtet hatte—vor allem durch das Vertrauen und die Gnade der Mutter. Darum, o Bester der Kakutsthas, geh eilends dorthin und vollziehe das heilige Bad, o Großgesinnter.“
Mārkaṇḍeya
Tirtha: Bālamaṇḍana
Type: ghat
Listener: Rāma (addressed as Kākutstha-sattama) and Lakṣmaṇa
Scene: Mārkaṇḍeya narrates: at this very ford Indra once washed away sin after harming Diti’s embryo; the tīrtha glows with maternal grace; he urges swift travel and bathing.
FAQs
Even heavy sin is curable through a divinely sanctioned tīrtha when approached with urgency, faith, and proper rite.
Bālamaṇḍana Tīrtha (the ‘there’ where Indra became sinless).
To go swiftly to the tīrtha and perform snāna for purification.