Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2
निहत्य दानवान्संख्ये कृत्वा स्नानं सुनिर्झरे । विष्णुः प्राक्षालयत्तोयं तेन तन्मेध्यतां गतम्
nihatya dānavānsaṃkhye kṛtvā snānaṃ sunirjhare | viṣṇuḥ prākṣālayattoyaṃ tena tanmedhyatāṃ gatam
युद्धात दानवांचा संहार करून विष्णूंनी सुंदर झऱ्यात स्नान केले आणि तेथेच त्या जलाने प्रक्षालन केले; त्यामुळे ते जल मेध्यता म्हणजेच पवित्रता प्राप्त झाले।
Pulastya
Tirtha: Cakra-tīrtha (sunirjhara-associated)
Type: kund
Listener: King
Scene: Viṣṇu, after defeating Dānavas, steps into a sparkling cascade; he washes with cupped hands, and the water glows, becoming visibly pure; remnants of battle fade into a tranquil sacred landscape.
FAQs
Divine contact sanctifies nature; tīrtha waters become ritually pure through the Lord’s presence and acts.
Cakra-tīrtha and its sacred waterfall/stream whose water gained medhyatā.
Snāna (bathing) is implied as a sanctifying act associated with the tīrtha’s origin.