Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 30
तीर्थेभ्यस्तु परं तीर्थमिदं वै पावनं परम् । इन्द्रसेनो ह्यतः पापात्तीर्थसंगाद्व्यमुच्यत
tīrthebhyastu paraṃ tīrthamidaṃ vai pāvanaṃ param | indraseno hyataḥ pāpāttīrthasaṃgādvyamucyata
This indeed is the supreme tīrtha, higher than other sacred fords—most excellent in its power to purify. For Indrasena was freed from sin precisely through contact with this tīrtha.
Pulastya (deduced from immediate narrative context of Arbuda Khaṇḍa dialogue)
Tirtha: Raktānubandha-tīrtha (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Sages point toward a sacred ford shimmering with sanctity; a narrative inset shows Indrasena touching/bathing at the tīrtha as dark ‘sin’ dissolves into light.
FAQs
Association with a truly sanctifying tīrtha can dissolve even entrenched sin when approached with reverence.
The passage praises the tīrtha later named Raktānubandha, celebrated within the Arbuda Khaṇḍa as supremely purifying.
No specific rite is prescribed here; the emphasis is on tīrtha-saṅga—going to and associating with the sacred place.