Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 41
तद्दैत्यपापमाहात्म्यात्पुनः शीतलतां गतम् । पुनस्तदुष्णतां नीतं ततः कल्पांतसंस्थितौ
taddaityapāpamāhātmyātpunaḥ śītalatāṃ gatam | punastaduṣṇatāṃ nītaṃ tataḥ kalpāṃtasaṃsthitau
Sous l’influence du péché d’un daitya, il redevint frais; puis il fut ramené à la chaleur, demeurant ainsi jusqu’à la fin du kalpa.
Īśvara (Śiva) (continuing speech from prior verse)
Tirtha: Taptodakuṇḍa
Type: kund
Listener: Kṛṣṇa
Scene: A steaming kund gradually turns calm and cool under a shadowy daitya’s influence; later, divine heat returns, the water shimmering with renewed power, framed against a vast kalpa-scale horizon.
FAQs
The purity and power of sacred places can be challenged by adharma, yet divine order restores them for the benefit of the world.
Taptodakuṇḍa in Prabhāsa Kṣetra, whose enduring nature is emphasized.
No direct prescription; it provides theological context for why the tīrtha is considered potent and enduring.