Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1
ईश्वर उवाच । ततो गच्छेन्महादेवि ब्रह्मकुण्डमनुत्तमम् । तस्यैव नैरृते भागे ब्रह्मणा निर्मितं पुरा
īśvara uvāca | tato gacchenmahādevi brahmakuṇḍamanuttamam | tasyaiva nairṛte bhāge brahmaṇā nirmitaṃ purā
Īśvara bersabda: “Kemudian, wahai Dewi Agung, pergilah ke Brahmakuṇḍa yang tiada bandingnya. Pada bahagian barat daya (nairṛta) tempat itu, pada zaman dahulu Brahmā telah membentuk suatu tatanan suci di sana.”
Śiva (Īśvara)
Tirtha: Brahmakuṇḍa
Type: kund
Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Īśvara addresses Devī, pointing the way to an ‘unsurpassed’ Brahmakuṇḍa; the scene shifts to a sacred tank with a marked south-western corner where an ancient feature is said to have been made by Brahmā.
FAQs
Pilgrimage is presented as a guided, purposeful movement through sanctified geography—each site carrying a divine origin and specific spiritual fruit.
Brahmakuṇḍa within Prabhāsa-kṣetra.
A pilgrimage instruction: proceed to Brahmakuṇḍa (implying visitation and customary tīrtha practices such as snāna and worship).