Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 14
असत्यवादिनो ये च परनिन्दा परायणाः । स्नानमात्रेण शुध्यन्ति ऋषितीर्थे न संशयः
asatyavādino ye ca paranindā parāyaṇāḥ | snānamātreṇa śudhyanti ṛṣitīrthe na saṃśayaḥ
जे असत्य बोलतात व जे परनिंदेत रमतात, तेही ऋषितीर्थात केवळ स्नानमात्राने शुद्ध होतात—यात संशय नाही.
Brahmā (continuation of tīrtha-phala proclamation)
Tirtha: Ṛṣitīrtha
Type: kund
Scene: A remorseful pilgrim approaches the well, washes, and emerges with a calmer face; symbolic dark speech-impurities dissolve into the water; sages or a small shrine witness the transformation.
FAQs
A supremely sanctified tīrtha offers moral reformation—purification is possible even for grave faults when approached with sincerity.
Ṛṣitīrtha, the sages’ well near Siddheśvara in the Dvārakā Māhātmya narrative.
Snāna (bathing) at Ṛṣitīrtha is prescribed as a purificatory act.