Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 60
तैलाभ्यक्तस्य यत्तेजो जायते मनुजेषु च । स्नातमात्रे तथा तेजस्तीर्थस्यैव प्रसादतः
tailābhyaktasya yattejo jāyate manujeṣu ca | snātamātre tathā tejastīrthasyaiva prasādataḥ
எண்ணெய் தடவி அப்யங்கம் செய்தால் மனிதருக்கு உண்டாகும் ஒளி, அதே ஒளி இங்கே வெறும் நீராடுதலாலேயே—இந்தத் தீர்த்தத்தின் அருளால்—உண்டாகிறது.
Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya narrative style)
Tirtha: Brahmakuṇḍa (Prabhāsa)
Type: kund
Scene: A bather steps out of the kuṇḍa; light seems to cling to the skin like a golden sheen, echoing the comparison to oil-anointing; the water surface glitters with sacred luminosity.
FAQs
Sacred bathing is not merely symbolic; the tīrtha’s grace confers tangible purity and auspicious radiance.
The tīrtha within Prabhāsakṣetra, in the Brahmakuṇḍa-focused passage of Adhyāya 147.
Snāna (bathing) at the tīrtha; the verse emphasizes that even bathing alone yields auspicious luster.