Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 22
आजन्मशतसाहस्रं यत्पापं कुरुते नरः । सकृत्स्नात्वा व्यपोहेत सागरे लवणाम्भसि
ājanmaśatasāhasraṃ yatpāpaṃ kurute naraḥ | sakṛtsnātvā vyapoheta sāgare lavaṇāmbhasi
Welche Sünde auch immer ein Mensch über Hunderttausende von Geburten begeht—badet er nur einmal im Ozean mit seinem salzigen Wasser, so wirft er sie von sich ab.
Śiva
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-samudra-snānā
Type: kshetra
Scene: A pilgrim emerges from the salt ocean, water streaming, as dark smoke-like ‘sins’ dissolve into the waves; the horizon glows as if the tīrtha itself grants absolution, with unseen devas witnessing.
FAQs
Tīrtha-snānā is portrayed as a powerful purificatory act capable of dissolving deep karmic impurity.
The ocean at/near Prabhāsa-kṣetra, revered as a purifier in this māhātmya.
A single bath (sakṛt-snāna) in the salty ocean as a means of purification.