Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 31
ततः प्रभृति तत्तीर्थं ख्यातं च धरणीतले । रक्तानां प्राणिनां यस्मादनुबन्धं करोति यत्
tataḥ prabhṛti tattīrthaṃ khyātaṃ ca dharaṇītale | raktānāṃ prāṇināṃ yasmādanubandhaṃ karoti yat
Sejak saat itu, tīrtha tersebut menjadi masyhur di muka bumi, kerana ia menimbulkan suatu “ikatan” dengan makhluk yang berdarah, yakni para makhluk berjasad.
Pulastya (deduced from immediate narrative context of Arbuda Khaṇḍa dialogue)
Tirtha: Raktānubandha
Type: kshetra
Scene: A panoramic view of the tīrtha as pilgrims arrive; subtle visual metaphor of ‘bond’: threads of light linking pilgrims to the water and to ancestral silhouettes, indicating anubandha.
FAQs
A tīrtha’s greatness is remembered not only by miracles but also by the meaning carried in its name and its effect on embodied life.
The tīrtha that comes to be known as Raktānubandha, within the Arbuda Khaṇḍa sacred landscape.
None in this verse; it explains the tīrtha’s fame and name-logic rather than a specific rite.