Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2
तस्यां स्नातो नरः सम्यक्सर्वतीर्थफलं लभेत् । मुच्यते पातकात्कृत्स्नादाजन्ममरणांतिकात्
tasyāṃ snāto naraḥ samyaksarvatīrthaphalaṃ labhet | mucyate pātakātkṛtsnādājanmamaraṇāṃtikāt
അവിടെ വിധിപൂർവ്വം സ്നാനം ചെയ്യുന്ന മനുഷ്യൻ സർവ്വ തീർത്ഥഫലവും പ്രാപിക്കുന്നു; ജന്മമരണാന്തം വരെ നിലനിൽക്കുന്ന എല്ലാ പാപങ്ങളിൽ നിന്നും മോചിതനാകുന്നു।
Pulastya
Tirtha: Śivaliṅga Kuṇḍa
Type: kund
Listener: King (Mahīpate/Bhūpasattama)
Scene: A pilgrim completes a reverent bath in the Śivaliṅga pond; the water is depicted as luminous, symbolically containing many tīrthas; dark smoke-like ‘sins’ dissolve into the water, while a serene aura suggests release from long-held karmic burdens.
FAQs
Rightly performed tīrtha-bathing is presented as a concentrated path of purification, equated with the merit of many pilgrimages.
Śivaliṅga-kuṇḍa (the pond named Śivaliṅga), where bathing grants exceptional merit.
Snāna (ritual bathing) at that kuṇḍa, done “samyak” (with proper observance).