Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 2
तत्रागत्य ततो देवीं पित्रा संस्थापिता पुरा । पूजयित्वाऽथ सद्भक्त्या स्नात्वा कुण्डे शुभोदके
tatrāgatya tato devīṃ pitrā saṃsthāpitā purā | pūjayitvā'tha sadbhaktyā snātvā kuṇḍe śubhodake
അവിടെ എത്തി, മുമ്പ് പിതാവ് സ്ഥാപിച്ച ദേവിയെ സത്യഭക്തിയോടെ പൂജിച്ചു; തുടർന്ന് ശുഭജലമുള്ള കുണ്ടത്തിൽ സ്നാനം ചെയ്തു.
Sūta (continuing narration, implied)
Tirtha: Kuṇḍa in Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (name not specified here)
Type: kund
Listener: Śaunaka and other ṛṣis (frame implied)
Scene: Daśaratha stands before a Devī shrine—an image installed long ago by his father—offering flowers and lamps with deep devotion; afterward he descends steps into a clear kuṇḍa, the water shimmering as ‘śubhodaka,’ attendants holding towels and offerings at a respectful distance.
FAQs
In a holy place, devotion expressed through pūjā and tīrtha-snānā is portrayed as purifying and merit-bestowing.
The sacred kuṇḍa and shrine within Śrī Hāṭakeśvara Kṣetra are highlighted.
Devī-pūjā (worship of the Goddess) and bathing (snāna) in the auspicious kuṇḍa.