Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 18
तावत्तिष्ठति देहेषु पातकं सर्वदेहिनाम् । यावन्न पौष्करैस्तोयैः स्नानं वै कुर्वते नराः
tāvattiṣṭhati deheṣu pātakaṃ sarvadehinām | yāvanna pauṣkaraistoyaiḥ snānaṃ vai kurvate narāḥ
सर्व देहधाऱ्यांच्या देहांत पातक तेव्हापर्यंत टिकून राहते, जोपर्यंत मनुष्य पुष्कराच्या जलाने निश्चयाने स्नान करीत नाहीत।
Skanda (contextual attribution within Nāgara Khaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narration)
Tirtha: Puṣkara
Type: kund
Scene: A symbolic scene: dark, smoky aura representing pāpa clings to human figures; as they enter Puṣkara’s clear waters, the darkness dissolves, revealing luminous, calm bodies and faces.
FAQs
Sin is depicted as a removable impurity; tīrtha-snān is presented as a direct means of purification.
Puṣkara’s sacred waters (pauṣkara-toya) as a pāpahara tīrtha.
Perform snāna using Puṣkara’s waters to dispel pātaka (sin).