Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 9
ततः शक्रस्तु तद्दृष्ट्वा तीर्थं पापहरं नृप । पूरयामास सर्वत्र पांसुभिर्नृपसत्तम
tataḥ śakrastu taddṛṣṭvā tīrthaṃ pāpaharaṃ nṛpa | pūrayāmāsa sarvatra pāṃsubhirnṛpasattama
அப்போது சக்ரன் (இந்திரன்) அந்தப் பாபநாசக தீர்த்தத்தைப் பார்த்து, அரசே, அரசர்களில் சிறந்தவனே, அதை எங்கும் தூசியால் நிரப்பினான்।
Pulastya (narration)
Tirtha: Manuṣya Tīrtha
Type: kund
Listener: A king (nṛpa/narapati addressed)
Scene: Indra (Śakra), alarmed at the tīrtha’s sin-destroying power, orders or causes dust to be poured so the sacred water/spot is covered and made inconspicuous.
FAQs
A tīrtha’s power can be so extraordinary that even gods respond—suggesting both its potency and the drama of preserving or concealing sacred merit.
The pāpahara (sin-removing) tīrtha identified in context as Mānuṣa Hrada.
None directly; it narrates Indra’s act of covering/filling the tīrtha with dust.