Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 61
यत्पापं कुरुते जंतुः पैशुन्यं च कृतघ्नताम् । मित्रद्रोहे च यत्पापं यत्पापं पारदारिकम् । तत्सर्वं विलयं याति कुंडस्नानरतस्य च
yatpāpaṃ kurute jaṃtuḥ paiśunyaṃ ca kṛtaghnatām | mitradrohe ca yatpāpaṃ yatpāpaṃ pāradārikam | tatsarvaṃ vilayaṃ yāti kuṃḍasnānaratasya ca
Quel que soit le péché commis—médisance, ingratitude, trahison envers l’ami, et faute de souiller l’épouse d’autrui—tout cela se dissout pour celui qui se voue au bain dans le kuṇḍa.
Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya narrative style)
Tirtha: Brahmakuṇḍa
Type: kund
Scene: A remorseful pilgrim bathes repeatedly in a stepped kuṇḍa; dark, smoky forms symbolizing slander and betrayal dissolve into the water’s light; the pilgrim emerges calm, hands folded, resolved to ethical renewal.
FAQs
A sacred tīrtha, approached with devotion, functions as prāyaścitta—dissolving even grave moral stains and urging a return to dharma.
The kuṇḍa (sacred tank) of Prabhāsakṣetra, in the Brahmakuṇḍa-centered glorification.
Kuṇḍa-snāna—devoted bathing in the sacred tank—as a means of pāpa-kṣaya (sin-destruction).