Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 4
अस्ति तस्याग्रतः कुण्डं स्वच्छोदकसुपूरितम् । मत्स्यकूर्मसमाकीर्णं पद्मिनीखंडमंडितम्
asti tasyāgrataḥ kuṇḍaṃ svacchodakasupūritam | matsyakūrmasamākīrṇaṃ padminīkhaṃḍamaṃḍitam
Devant Lui se trouve un bassin (kuṇḍa) rempli d’une eau limpide et pure ; foisonnant de poissons et de tortues, et orné de bouquets de lotus.
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator; specific speaker not explicit in the snippet)
Type: kund
Scene: A clear pond in front of the temple: transparent water, schools of fish, turtles surfacing, and dense lotus clusters; steps (ghāṭa) lead down for bathing; the shrine rises behind.
FAQs
A tīrtha is not only a physical site but a sanctified landscape whose purity and beauty support faith, worship, and inner cleansing.
A kuṇḍa situated before the sacred Śaiva presence described in Nāgarakhaṇḍa, Tīrthamāhātmya, Adhyāya 55.
The verse introduces the kuṇḍa as the setting for later prescriptions such as snāna (ritual bathing).