Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 33
प्रविष्टमात्रे तु ह्रदे कापिले पापनाशिनि । सशल्यं तं विशल्यं च क्षणात्कृतवती तदा
praviṣṭamātre tu hrade kāpile pāpanāśini | saśalyaṃ taṃ viśalyaṃ ca kṣaṇātkṛtavatī tadā
À peine fut-il entré dans le lac de Kāpilā, destructeur des péchés, qu’elle le rendit aussitôt—lui qui était transpercé de traits—libre de ces traits en un instant.
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator, likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in Āvantya-khaṇḍa style)
Tirtha: Kāpilā-hrada
Type: kund
Scene: As the child touches the lake, arrows and wounds vanish; the water glows, ripples radiate outward like a mandala, and the mother’s face shifts from anguish to astonished relief.
FAQs
True tīrthas remove both sin and suffering swiftly; divine grace can heal instantly when one enters sanctified waters with faith.
Kāpilā Hrada is glorified as pāpanāśinī, a sin-destroying sacred lake connected with the Revā/Narmadā region.
Snāna/immersion is implied: merely entering the Kāpilā Hrada is depicted as conferring immediate cleansing and relief.