Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 76
ब्रह्मांडोत्तरमध्ये तु यानि तीर्थानि संति वै । तेषां पुण्यमवाप्नोति ब्रह्मकुण्डे प्रदक्षिणात्
brahmāṃḍottaramadhye tu yāni tīrthāni saṃti vai | teṣāṃ puṇyamavāpnoti brahmakuṇḍe pradakṣiṇāt
Welche heiligen Stätten es auch in den oberen und mittleren Bereichen des Kosmos gibt—ihr gesamtes Verdienst erlangt man durch die Pradakṣiṇā, die Umrundung des Brahmakuṇḍa.
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Tirtha: Brahmakuṇḍa
Type: kund
Scene: Pilgrims and sages circumambulate the stepped Brahmakuṇḍa in a clockwise flow; above them, faint celestial vignettes of many tīrthas appear like a mandala, implying all-worlds merit gathered here.
FAQs
Focused devotion at a supreme tīrtha can yield the aggregated merit of many pilgrimages, emphasizing intensity and sacred centrality.
Brahmakuṇḍa, elevated as a tīrtha whose pradakṣiṇā grants vast merit.
Pradakṣiṇā—ritual circumambulation of Brahmakuṇḍa.