Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1
ईश्वर उवाच । ततो गच्छेन्महादेवि रत्नकुण्डमनुत्तमम् । रत्नेशाद्दक्षिणे भागे धनुषां सप्तके स्थितम् । महापापोपशमनं विष्णुना निर्मितं स्वयम्
īśvara uvāca | tato gacchenmahādevi ratnakuṇḍamanuttamam | ratneśāddakṣiṇe bhāge dhanuṣāṃ saptake sthitam | mahāpāpopaśamanaṃ viṣṇunā nirmitaṃ svayam
ईश्वर म्हणाले—त्यानंतर, हे महादेवी, रत्नेशाच्या दक्षिणेस सात धनुष्य अंतरावर स्थित अनुपम रत्नकुंडास जावे; ते महापापांचे शमन करणारे असून स्वयं विष्णूंनी निर्मिले आहे।
Śiva (Īśvara)
Tirtha: Ratnakuṇḍa
Type: kund
Listener: Mahādevī/Pārvatī
Scene: Śiva instructs Pārvatī; in the background, a jewel-like pond (Ratnakuṇḍa) glimmers south of a shrine labeled Ratneśa; pilgrims walk a short measured distance with staffs and waterpots.
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Sacred places are divinely established for purification; approaching them with reverence is itself a dharmic act.
Ratnakuṇḍa near Ratneśa in Prabhāsakṣetra.
A pilgrimage instruction: one should go to Ratnakuṇḍa, identified by its precise location relative to Ratneśa.