Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 22
आजन्मशतसाहस्रं यत्पापं कुरुते नरः । सकृत्स्नात्वा व्यपोहेत सागरे लवणाम्भसि
ājanmaśatasāhasraṃ yatpāpaṃ kurute naraḥ | sakṛtsnātvā vyapoheta sāgare lavaṇāmbhasi
മനുഷ്യൻ ലക്ഷലക്ഷം ജന്മങ്ങളിൽ ചെയ്ത പാപമെന്തായാലും, ലവണജലമുള്ള സമുദ്രത്തിൽ ഒരിക്കൽ സ്നാനം ചെയ്താൽ അതെല്ലാം അകന്നുപോകും.
Śiva
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-samudra-snānā
Type: kshetra
Scene: A pilgrim emerges from the salt ocean, water streaming, as dark smoke-like ‘sins’ dissolve into the waves; the horizon glows as if the tīrtha itself grants absolution, with unseen devas witnessing.
FAQs
Tīrtha-snānā is portrayed as a powerful purificatory act capable of dissolving deep karmic impurity.
The ocean at/near Prabhāsa-kṣetra, revered as a purifier in this māhātmya.
A single bath (sakṛt-snāna) in the salty ocean as a means of purification.