Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 60
तैलाभ्यक्तस्य यत्तेजो जायते मनुजेषु च । स्नातमात्रे तथा तेजस्तीर्थस्यैव प्रसादतः
tailābhyaktasya yattejo jāyate manujeṣu ca | snātamātre tathā tejastīrthasyaiva prasādataḥ
L’éclat qui naît chez les hommes lorsqu’ils sont oints d’huile, ce même éclat naît par le seul bain en ce lieu, par la grâce de ce tīrtha même.
Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya narrative style)
Tirtha: Brahmakuṇḍa (Prabhāsa)
Type: kund
Scene: A bather steps out of the kuṇḍa; light seems to cling to the skin like a golden sheen, echoing the comparison to oil-anointing; the water surface glitters with sacred luminosity.
FAQs
Sacred bathing is not merely symbolic; the tīrtha’s grace confers tangible purity and auspicious radiance.
The tīrtha within Prabhāsakṣetra, in the Brahmakuṇḍa-focused passage of Adhyāya 147.
Snāna (bathing) at the tīrtha; the verse emphasizes that even bathing alone yields auspicious luster.