Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 11
यन्मां वदसि घृणया वृतोऽहं पातकेन तु । तत्तेऽहं नाशयिष्यामि स्पर्शनात्तु द्विजोत्तम
yanmāṃ vadasi ghṛṇayā vṛto'haṃ pātakena tu | tatte'haṃ nāśayiṣyāmi sparśanāttu dvijottama
Karena engkau berkata dengan rasa jijik bahwa aku dikelilingi kenajisan dan dosa, wahai yang terbaik di antara kaum dwija, dengan sentuhanku saja akan kuhancurkan dosa itu darimu.
A sacred presence of Jalaprabhāsa (tīrtha/devatā speaking in the māhātmya context)
Tirtha: Jalāśraya (kunda) in Prabhāsa episode
Type: kund
Listener: Ṛṣis
Scene: The deity addresses the brāhmaṇa with a compassionate yet corrective gaze, extending a hand or indicating ‘touch’ as the means of destroying sin; the water glows as if charged with mantra.
FAQs
A true tīrtha’s sanctity is transformative: it removes sin and inner defilement rather than being diminished by them.
Jalaprabhāsa, a sacred water-associated tīrtha within Prabhāsa Kṣetra.
The verse emphasizes purification by “sparśa” (touch/contact) with the sacred presence of the tīrtha.