Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 68
ततश्च वीक्षयामास तेन गत्वा सुकौतुकात् । यावत्कंडूविनिर्मुक्तस्तेजसा परिवारितः
tataśca vīkṣayāmāsa tena gatvā sukautukāt | yāvatkaṃḍūvinirmuktastejasā parivāritaḥ
मग तो मोठ्या कुतूहलाने तो त्याच्यासह तेथे गेला व त्या स्थळाचे नीट दर्शन घेतले; आणि तो खाजेपासून मुक्त होऊन जणू दिव्य तेजाने सर्व बाजूंनी वेढला गेला।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Bhāskara-tīrtha (implied)
Type: kund
Scene: A pilgrim arrives at a secluded sun-tīrtha; upon contact with the sacred waters his itching vanishes and a halo-like radiance surrounds him, suggesting Bhāskara’s grace.
FAQs
The tīrtha’s sanctity is experiential: purification is felt as relief from suffering and as an inner ‘tejas’ that uplifts the devotee.
The same sacred kuṇḍa/tīrtha of Adhyāya 212, approached again by the beneficiary to verify the tīrtha’s greatness.
None explicitly; it narrates the return to the tīrtha and the resulting purification.
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