Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 79
नित्यं स्नात्वा तडागे वा महानद्यां च निर्झरे । पांडुकूपे तु सुश्रोणि सर्वस्नानफलं लभेत्
nityaṃ snātvā taḍāge vā mahānadyāṃ ca nirjhare | pāṃḍukūpe tu suśroṇi sarvasnānaphalaṃ labhet
नित्यं तडागे वा महानद्यां वा निर्झरे वा स्नात्वापि, हे सुश्रोणि, पाण्डुकूपे स्नानेन सर्वस्नानफलं लभते।
Śiva
Tirtha: Pāṇḍu-kūpa
Type: kund
Listener: Addressed woman (suśroṇi) / devotees
Scene: Pilgrims bathe at a stone-lined sacred well labeled Pāṇḍu-kūpa; nearby are symbolic representations of pond, great river, and mountain stream, showing that this single bath equals all.
FAQs
Tīrthas concentrate merit: bathing at a sanctified site can equal many ordinary purificatory acts.
Pāṇḍu-kūpa (a sacred well) in Prabhāsa-kṣetra.
Perform daily bathing, with special emphasis that bathing at Pāṇḍu-kūpa grants the fruit of all baths.