Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 12
अत्र स्नानेन विधिवत्पापात्मानोऽपि जंतवः । विमानं हंससंयुक्तमास्थाय रुचिरांबराः । निवसंति ब्रह्मलोके यावदाभूतसंप्लवम्
atra snānena vidhivatpāpātmāno'pi jaṃtavaḥ | vimānaṃ haṃsasaṃyuktamāsthāya rucirāṃbarāḥ | nivasaṃti brahmaloke yāvadābhūtasaṃplavam
ಇಲ್ಲಿ ವಿಧಿವತ್ತಾಗಿ ಸ್ನಾನ ಮಾಡಿದರೆ ಪಾಪಸ್ವಭಾವದ ಜೀವಿಗಳೂ ಹಂಸಸಂಯುಕ್ತ ದಿವ್ಯವಿಮಾನವನ್ನು ಏರಿ, ಪ್ರಕಾಶಮಾನ ವಸ್ತ್ರಗಳನ್ನು ಧರಿಸಿ, ಭೂತಪ್ರಳಯದವರೆಗೆ ಬ್ರಹ್ಮಲೋಕದಲ್ಲಿ ವಾಸಮಾಡುತ್ತಾರೆ।
Brahmā
Tirtha: Brahmakuṇḍa (contextually implied)
Type: kund
Scene: Pilgrims bathe at a luminous pond within Ayodhyā’s sacred precinct; above, a radiant vimāna yoked with swans descends, receiving purified souls clad in shining garments, ascending toward Brahmā’s world.
FAQs
When performed vidhivat (with proper method), tīrtha-snāna is portrayed as radically transformative—even for the sinful.
The Ayodhyā kuṇḍa whose ritual bath grants ascent to Brahmaloka.
Vidhivat snāna—bathing according to prescribed rules—is explicitly stated.