तत्राऽसौ स्नानमात्रेण तत्क्षणात्पार्थिवोतमः । कुष्ठव्याधिवि निर्मुक्तः संजातः सुमहाद्युतिः
tatrā'sau snānamātreṇa tatkṣaṇātpārthivotamaḥ | kuṣṭhavyādhivi nirmuktaḥ saṃjātaḥ sumahādyutiḥ
तेथे केवळ स्नान केल्यानेच तो श्रेष्ठ राजा तत्क्षणी कुष्ठरोगातून मुक्त झाला आणि महान तेजाने उजळून निघाला।
Sūta (narration)
Tirtha: Śaṅkhatīrtha
Type: kund
Listener: Ṛṣis
Scene: The king steps into the clear kund; as water touches him, diseased marks vanish; his body becomes luminous; attendants/pilgrims witness in astonishment; a Śiva shrine stands nearby.
When approached with faith and dharmic intent, tīrtha-waters are depicted as channels of immediate divine purification and renewal.
Śaṅkhatīrtha (in Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra), whose waters grant liberation from disease.
Snāna (ritual bathing) at the tīrtha is stated as the direct means of receiving the benefit.