Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 9
यच्चान्यदपि तत्रैव क्षिप्यते सलिले शुभे । तत्सर्वं शुक्लतामेति पश्य मे वपुरीदृशम्
yaccānyadapi tatraiva kṣipyate salile śubhe | tatsarvaṃ śuklatāmeti paśya me vapurīdṛśam
“And whatever else is cast right there into that auspicious water, all of it turns white. Look—such is my own body, made fair by it.”
Dāśakanyā (the fisher-girl)
Tirtha: Arbuda-śukla-toya-nirjhara (the whitening spring)
Type: kund
Scene: Close view of the spring’s clear water; a cloth or object dropped in turns bright white; the woman displays her fairened body as evidence.
FAQs
Tīrthas are portrayed as materially and spiritually transformative, symbolizing inner cleansing through outer purification.
The auspicious water of the Arbuda spring (nirjhara), famed for making what is washed or immersed become ‘white/bright’.
Casting/immersing items in the sacred water as a purificatory act (a form of cleansing tied to the tīrtha’s power).