Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8
स्नानं पलसहस्रेण पंचामृतरसेन यः । करोति भक्त्या मर्त्यो वै मुच्यते स ऋणत्रयात्
snānaṃ palasahasreṇa paṃcāmṛtarasena yaḥ | karoti bhaktyā martyo vai mucyate sa ṛṇatrayāt
Tout mortel qui, avec dévotion, accomplit le bain rituel au moyen de mille palas du nectar quintuple (pañcāmṛta) est véritablement délivré des trois dettes.
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Vṛhaspatīśvara (Prabhāsa-kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Priests and devotees pour streams of pañcāmṛta—milk, curd, ghee, honey, sugar-water—over a liṅga, with measured heaps of offerings indicating ‘sahasra-pala’; the scene radiates cleansing light as symbolic chains of debt fall away.
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Devotional ritual action, when performed with sincerity, removes deep karmic obligations and purifies one’s life-duty.
Prabhāsakṣetra (Prabhāsa), within the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa of the Skanda Purāṇa.
A devotional bath (snāna) performed with pañcāmṛta in a prescribed measure (a thousand palas).