Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2
तस्यां स्नातो नरः सम्यक्सर्वतीर्थफलं लभेत् । मुच्यते पातकात्कृत्स्नादाजन्ममरणांतिकात्
tasyāṃ snāto naraḥ samyaksarvatīrthaphalaṃ labhet | mucyate pātakātkṛtsnādājanmamaraṇāṃtikāt
A man who bathes there in the proper manner gains the fruit of all tīrthas, and is released from every sin—even those that cling on until the very end of birth and death.
Pulastya
Tirtha: Śivaliṅga Kuṇḍa
Type: kund
Listener: King (Mahīpate/Bhūpasattama)
Scene: A pilgrim completes a reverent bath in the Śivaliṅga pond; the water is depicted as luminous, symbolically containing many tīrthas; dark smoke-like ‘sins’ dissolve into the water, while a serene aura suggests release from long-held karmic burdens.
FAQs
Rightly performed tīrtha-bathing is presented as a concentrated path of purification, equated with the merit of many pilgrimages.
Śivaliṅga-kuṇḍa (the pond named Śivaliṅga), where bathing grants exceptional merit.
Snāna (ritual bathing) at that kuṇḍa, done “samyak” (with proper observance).