Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 2
तत्रागत्य ततो देवीं पित्रा संस्थापिता पुरा । पूजयित्वाऽथ सद्भक्त्या स्नात्वा कुण्डे शुभोदके
tatrāgatya tato devīṃ pitrā saṃsthāpitā purā | pūjayitvā'tha sadbhaktyā snātvā kuṇḍe śubhodake
Dort angekommen, verehrte er in wahrer Bhakti die Göttin, die einst von seinem Vater eingesetzt worden war, und badete danach im Kuṇḍa mit glückverheißendem Wasser.
Sūta (continuing narration, implied)
Tirtha: Kuṇḍa in Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (name not specified here)
Type: kund
Listener: Śaunaka and other ṛṣis (frame implied)
Scene: Daśaratha stands before a Devī shrine—an image installed long ago by his father—offering flowers and lamps with deep devotion; afterward he descends steps into a clear kuṇḍa, the water shimmering as ‘śubhodaka,’ attendants holding towels and offerings at a respectful distance.
FAQs
In a holy place, devotion expressed through pūjā and tīrtha-snānā is portrayed as purifying and merit-bestowing.
The sacred kuṇḍa and shrine within Śrī Hāṭakeśvara Kṣetra are highlighted.
Devī-pūjā (worship of the Goddess) and bathing (snāna) in the auspicious kuṇḍa.