Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2
तस्यां स्नातो नरः सम्यक्सर्वतीर्थफलं लभेत् । मुच्यते पातकात्कृत्स्नादाजन्ममरणांतिकात्
tasyāṃ snāto naraḥ samyaksarvatīrthaphalaṃ labhet | mucyate pātakātkṛtsnādājanmamaraṇāṃtikāt
जो मनुष्य वहाँ विधिपूर्वक स्नान करता है, वह समस्त तीर्थों का फल प्राप्त करता है और जन्म-मरण के अन्त तक रहने वाले समस्त पापों से मुक्त हो जाता है।
Pulastya
Tirtha: Śivaliṅga Kuṇḍa
Type: kund
Listener: King (Mahīpate/Bhūpasattama)
Scene: A pilgrim completes a reverent bath in the Śivaliṅga pond; the water is depicted as luminous, symbolically containing many tīrthas; dark smoke-like ‘sins’ dissolve into the water, while a serene aura suggests release from long-held karmic burdens.
FAQs
Rightly performed tīrtha-bathing is presented as a concentrated path of purification, equated with the merit of many pilgrimages.
Śivaliṅga-kuṇḍa (the pond named Śivaliṅga), where bathing grants exceptional merit.
Snāna (ritual bathing) at that kuṇḍa, done “samyak” (with proper observance).