Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 61
यत्पापं कुरुते जंतुः पैशुन्यं च कृतघ्नताम् । मित्रद्रोहे च यत्पापं यत्पापं पारदारिकम् । तत्सर्वं विलयं याति कुंडस्नानरतस्य च
yatpāpaṃ kurute jaṃtuḥ paiśunyaṃ ca kṛtaghnatām | mitradrohe ca yatpāpaṃ yatpāpaṃ pāradārikam | tatsarvaṃ vilayaṃ yāti kuṃḍasnānaratasya ca
ஒருவன் செய்யும் எந்தப் பாவமாயினும்—புறங்கூறு, நன்றிக்கேடு, நண்பன் துரோகம், பிறர் மனைவியைக் கெடுப்பதன் பாவம்—குண்டத்தில் நீராடுவதில் ஈடுபட்டவனுக்கு அவை அனைத்தும் கரைந்து போகும்.
Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya narrative style)
Tirtha: Brahmakuṇḍa
Type: kund
Scene: A remorseful pilgrim bathes repeatedly in a stepped kuṇḍa; dark, smoky forms symbolizing slander and betrayal dissolve into the water’s light; the pilgrim emerges calm, hands folded, resolved to ethical renewal.
FAQs
A sacred tīrtha, approached with devotion, functions as prāyaścitta—dissolving even grave moral stains and urging a return to dharma.
The kuṇḍa (sacred tank) of Prabhāsakṣetra, in the Brahmakuṇḍa-centered glorification.
Kuṇḍa-snāna—devoted bathing in the sacred tank—as a means of pāpa-kṣaya (sin-destruction).
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