Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1
प्रह्लाद उवाच । ततो गच्छेद्द्विजश्रेष्ठाः सप्तकुण्डान्सुविश्रुतान् । सर्वपापप्रशमनानृद्धिबुद्धिविवर्द्धनान्
prahlāda uvāca | tato gaccheddvijaśreṣṭhāḥ saptakuṇḍānsuviśrutān | sarvapāpapraśamanānṛddhibuddhivivarddhanān
പ്രഹ്ലാദൻ പറഞ്ഞു—അതിനുശേഷം, ഹേ ദ്വിജശ്രേഷ്ഠന്മാരേ! സുപ്രസിദ്ധമായ ആ ഏഴ് കുണ്ഡങ്ങളിലേക്കു പോകണം; അവ സർവ്വപാപങ്ങളെ ശമിപ്പിക്കുകയും ഐശ്വര്യവും സദ്ബുദ്ധിയും വർദ്ധിപ്പിക്കുകയും ചെയ്യുന്നു।
Prahlāda
Tirtha: Sapta-kuṇḍa (seven sacred ponds)
Type: kund
Listener: dvija-śreṣṭhas (best of brāhmaṇas)
Scene: Prahlāda instructs brāhmaṇas, pointing toward a mapped circuit of seven lotus-like ponds; each kuṇḍa shown with steps, small shrines, and pilgrims bathing, with a subtle motif of light rising over the head to indicate buddhi-vṛddhi.
FAQs
Pilgrimage to consecrated water-sites is recommended as a dharmic method for purification and cultivation of prosperity and discernment.
The ‘seven famous kuṇḍas’ within the Dvārakā Māhātmya sacred circuit.
To proceed (gacchet) to the sapta-kuṇḍas—implying tīrtha-sevā such as darśana and snāna typically associated with kuṇḍas.