Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 48
अथ तद्वासवो दृष्ट्वा शुक्लतीर्थं प्रमुक्तिदम् । पूरयामास रजसा मानुषोत्थभयेन च
atha tadvāsavo dṛṣṭvā śuklatīrthaṃ pramuktidam | pūrayāmāsa rajasā mānuṣotthabhayena ca
Alors Vāsava (Indra), voyant Śuklatīrtha—dispensateur de délivrance—le combla de poussière, par crainte née des hommes (qui en acquerraient la puissance).
Unspecified narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya
Tirtha: Śuklatīrtha
Type: kund
Scene: Indra, crowned and armed, surveys the shining Śuklatīrtha and commands it to be covered; dust and earth swirl as the luminous water is obscured, while the tīrtha’s glow still seeps through.
FAQs
Extraordinary tīrthas can confer liberation, and even devas may fear the rise of human spiritual attainment.
Śuklatīrtha, explicitly called ‘pramuktidam’ (giver of liberation).
No prescription; it narrates Indra’s attempt to cover the tīrtha with dust.