Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 27
पापभूमिमतिक्रम्य भूमिं भित्त्वा विनि गता । तत्र कूपः समभवन्नाम्ना गन्धर्वसंज्ञितः
pāpabhūmimatikramya bhūmiṃ bhittvā vini gatā | tatra kūpaḥ samabhavannāmnā gandharvasaṃjñitaḥ
അവൾ പാപഭൂമിയെ അതിക്രമിച്ച് ഭൂമിയെ ഭേദിച്ച് പുറത്തു പ്രത്യക്ഷപ്പെട്ടു. അവിടെ ‘ഗന്ധർവ’ എന്ന നാമത്തിൽ പ്രസിദ്ധമായ ഒരു കിണർ ഉദ്ഭവിച്ചു.
Īśvara (Śiva) (continuing narration)
Tirtha: Gandharva-kūpa
Type: kund
Scene: A sacred feminine river-current, previously hidden, crosses a dark ‘sinful’ stretch; the earth splits open and a stone-lined well appears, shimmering with inner light, attended by subtle gandharva-presence.
FAQs
Sacred waters arise as instruments of purification, transforming landscapes even after passages through impurity.
A tīrtha-well named Gandharva-kūpa is introduced as a sanctified spot within the Prabhāsa sacred geography.
No explicit prescription appears in this verse, but the creation of a kūpa implies later tīrtha-acts such as snāna and ācamana in the broader māhātmya.