Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 60
स्वयं तेऽपि विशुध्यंति यथोक्तविधिकारिणः । न्यंकुं नदीं समासाद्य महतः पातकात्कृतात्
svayaṃ te'pi viśudhyaṃti yathoktavidhikāriṇaḥ | nyaṃkuṃ nadīṃ samāsādya mahataḥ pātakātkṛtāt
Mereka sendiri menjadi suci—mereka yang menjalankan tata-ritus sebagaimana diajarkan—setelah mendatangi sungai Nyaṃku; bahkan dari dosa besar yang telah mereka perbuat pun tersucikan.
Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya narrative style within Skanda Purāṇa)
Tirtha: Nyaṃku-nadī tīrtha (Prabhāsa)
Type: river
Scene: Pilgrims approach the Nyaṃku river in orderly fashion with a priest guiding sankalpa; after snāna, their bodies are shown with a clean luminous aura, while heavy stones labeled ‘mahāpātaka’ sink away.
FAQs
Sacred places yield their full purifying power when approached with disciplined observance of vidhi (right procedure) and sincere reform.
The river Nyaṃku, presented as a purifying tīrtha in Prabhāsa Kṣetra.
Approaching the river and performing rites according to yathokta-vidhi (the stated procedure).