Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2
तत्र स्नात्वा महाकुण्डे यस्तं पूजयते नरः । पंचोपचारविधिना भक्तियुक्तो यतेन्द्रियः
tatra snātvā mahākuṇḍe yastaṃ pūjayate naraḥ | paṃcopacāravidhinā bhaktiyukto yatendriyaḥ
तेथे महाकुंडात स्नान करून जो मनुष्य भक्तियुक्त व इंद्रियनिग्रही होऊन पंचोपचारविधीने त्यांची पूजा करतो, तो निश्चित पुण्यफल प्राप्त करतो.
Śiva (Īśvara)
Tirtha: Mahākuṇḍa (within Brahmakuṇḍa complex)
Type: kund
Listener: Mahādevī
Scene: A pilgrim emerges from the stepped kuṇḍa, wet hair and folded cloth, then offers five upacāras before a Śiva shrine; lamps glow, incense rises, flowers scatter on the liṅga.
FAQs
Pilgrimage bears fruit when joined with disciplined devotion—purity (snāna), worship (pūjā), and self-control.
The mahākuṇḍa associated with Bhairaveśvara near Brahmakuṇḍa in Prabhāsakṣetra.
Snāna in the kuṇḍa and pañcopacāra-vidhi (five-offering worship) performed with bhakti and sense-restraint.