Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 71
आपः पुरुषवीर्याश्च पुनंतीर्भूर्भूवःस्वश्च । तैः पुनरमीवघ्नाःसंस्पृशेतात्मना भुवः
āpaḥ puruṣavīryāśca punaṃtīrbhūrbhūvaḥsvaśca | taiḥ punaramīvaghnāḥsaṃspṛśetātmanā bhuvaḥ
પુરુષ-વીર્યથી યુક્ત આપઃ ભૂઃ, ભુવઃ અને સ્વઃ—ત્રિલોકને પવિત્ર કરે છે. તે જળને ફરી સ્પર્શ કરનાર રોગનાશક બને છે અને પોતાના આત્મભાવથી લોકોને પાવન કરે છે.
The hymn-speakers (inhabitants/varṇas) within Sūta’s narration
Type: kshetra
Scene: A contemplative pilgrim at a luminous waterbody; the waters rise as personified Āpaḥ carrying Puruṣa-tejas, radiating upward to Bhūḥ-Bhuvaḥ-Svaḥ as three stacked realms being cleansed; subtle aura of healing dispels dark ‘disease’ forms.
FAQs
Water is sacred because it carries divine potency; contact with it purifies, heals, and aligns the practitioner with cosmic welfare.
No named terrestrial tīrtha; the teaching is universal, supporting tīrtha-theology where waters sanctify worlds.
Saṃsparśa/snānāṅga: touching (and by implication bathing with) sanctified waters for purification and removal of ailments.