Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 34
स विशल्योऽभवद्यस्मात्प्राप्य तस्याः शिवं जलम् । कपिला नामतस्तेन विशल्या चोच्यते बुधैः
sa viśalyo'bhavadyasmātprāpya tasyāḥ śivaṃ jalam | kapilā nāmatastena viśalyā cocyate budhaiḥ
Parce qu’il devint sans śalya—le « dard de la douleur »—après avoir obtenu son eau propice, bénie par Śiva, elle est connue sous le nom de Kapilā ; et c’est pourquoi les sages appellent aussi ce gué sacré Viśalyā, « celle qui ôte le śalya ».
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator; likely Mārkaṇḍeya continuing the account)
Tirtha: Viśalyā-tīrtha (Kāpilā-hrada)
Type: kund
Scene: A calm, luminous lake labeled by sages as ‘Viśalyā’; subtle Śiva iconography (trident/third-eye aura) reflected in water; the healed child stands unharmed beside his mother.
FAQs
Contact with Śiva-sanctified tīrtha-water removes inner ‘śalya’—deep afflictions and karmic pain.
Viśalyā (also called Kapilā), a tīrtha associated with auspicious water within the Revā (Narmadā) sacred geography.
Implied: taking/using the tīrtha-water (snāna/ācamana) for purification and relief from affliction.