Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 1
। सूत उवाच । तस्मिन्नुत्पाटिते लिंगे भूतलाद्द्विजसत्तमाः । पातालाज्जाह्नवीतोयं तेन मार्गेण निःसृतम् । सर्वपापहरं नॄणां सर्वकामप्रदायकम्
| sūta uvāca | tasminnutpāṭite liṃge bhūtalāddvijasattamāḥ | pātālājjāhnavītoyaṃ tena mārgeṇa niḥsṛtam | sarvapāpaharaṃ nṝṇāṃ sarvakāmapradāyakam
सूत म्हणाले—हे द्विजसत्तमांनो, ते लिंग भूमितलावरून उपटले गेले तेव्हा पाताळातून जाह्नवी (गंगा)चे जल त्याच मार्गाने बाहेर आले; ते मनुष्यांचे सर्व पाप हरते आणि सर्व कामना प्रदान करते।
Sūta
Type: kund
Listener: dvijasattamāḥ (assembled sages)
Scene: A dramatic moment: the liṅga has been uprooted, leaving a sacred opening; from it surges crystalline Gaṅgā-water, shimmering with divine light, while sages and pilgrims watch in astonishment; the landscape suggests a newly formed kund/stream at the shrine.
FAQs
Divinely manifested tīrtha-waters purify all sins and fulfill righteous desires when approached with devotion.
A Nāgara Khaṇḍa tīrtha where Gaṅgā (Jāhnavī) is said to have emerged via a passage created when a liṅga was uprooted (the site-name is not included in the excerpt).
Implicitly, tīrtha-sevā such as snāna (ritual bathing) in the sin-destroying waters is indicated by the stated fruits.