Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1
पुलस्त्य उवाच । रक्तानुबन्धं वै गच्छेत्तीर्थं त्रैलोक्यविश्रुतम् । यत्र स्नातो नरः सम्यङ्मुच्यते ब्रह्महत्यया
pulastya uvāca | raktānubandhaṃ vai gacchettīrthaṃ trailokyaviśrutam | yatra snāto naraḥ samyaṅmucyate brahmahatyayā
ಪುಲಸ್ತ್ಯನು ಹೇಳಿದರು—ತ್ರೈಲೋಕ್ಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಪ್ರಸಿದ್ಧವಾದ ‘ರಕ್ತಾನುಬಂಧ’ ಎಂಬ ತೀರ್ಥಕ್ಕೆ ನಿಶ್ಚಯವಾಗಿ ಹೋಗಬೇಕು; ಅಲ್ಲಿ ವಿಧಿಪೂರ್ವಕವಾಗಿ ಸ್ನಾನ ಮಾಡಿದ ನರನು ಬ್ರಹ್ಮಹತ್ಯಾ ಪಾಪದಿಂದ ಸಂಪೂರ್ಣ ಮುಕ್ತನಾಗುತ್ತಾನೆ।
Pulastya
Tirtha: Raktānubandha
Type: kund
Scene: Sage Pulastya, radiant and austere, points toward a crimson-tinged sacred waterbody named Raktānubandha; a pilgrim performs a careful bath with folded hands, suggesting expiation of brahmahatyā.
FAQs
Pilgrimage is presented as dharmic medicine: sincere tīrtha-snāna can function as powerful prāyaścitta for even grave sins.
Raktānubandha, a tīrtha said to be renowned across the three worlds.
Snāna (ritual bathing) performed properly at Raktānubandha tīrtha.