Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 61
यत्पापं कुरुते जंतुः पैशुन्यं च कृतघ्नताम् । मित्रद्रोहे च यत्पापं यत्पापं पारदारिकम् । तत्सर्वं विलयं याति कुंडस्नानरतस्य च
yatpāpaṃ kurute jaṃtuḥ paiśunyaṃ ca kṛtaghnatām | mitradrohe ca yatpāpaṃ yatpāpaṃ pāradārikam | tatsarvaṃ vilayaṃ yāti kuṃḍasnānaratasya ca
ജീവി ചെയ്യുന്ന ഏതു പാപവും—പരനിന്ദ, കൃതഘ്നത, മിത്രദ്രോഹം, പരസ്ത്രീഗമനപാപം—കുണ്ഡസ്നാനത്തിൽ നിരതനായവനിൽ നിന്ന് എല്ലാം ലയിച്ചുപോകുന്നു।
Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya narrative style)
Tirtha: Brahmakuṇḍa
Type: kund
Scene: A remorseful pilgrim bathes repeatedly in a stepped kuṇḍa; dark, smoky forms symbolizing slander and betrayal dissolve into the water’s light; the pilgrim emerges calm, hands folded, resolved to ethical renewal.
FAQs
A sacred tīrtha, approached with devotion, functions as prāyaścitta—dissolving even grave moral stains and urging a return to dharma.
The kuṇḍa (sacred tank) of Prabhāsakṣetra, in the Brahmakuṇḍa-centered glorification.
Kuṇḍa-snāna—devoted bathing in the sacred tank—as a means of pāpa-kṣaya (sin-destruction).