Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2
यत्र सिद्धो महादेवि रूपकुंडलहारकः । तत्र स्नात्वा नरो देवि मुच्येत्स्तेयकृतादघात्
yatra siddho mahādevi rūpakuṃḍalahārakaḥ | tatra snātvā naro devi mucyetsteyakṛtādaghāt
ஓ மகாதேவி, ‘ரூபகுண்டலஹாரகன்’ எனப்படும் சித்தன் சித்தி பெற்ற இடம் அது. ஓ தேவி, அங்கு நீராடினால் மனிதன் திருட்டால் உண்டான பாவத்திலிருந்து விடுபடுவான்.
Īśvara (Śiva) (continued instruction to Devī)
Tirtha: Kuṇḍalasaṃbhava-kūpa
Type: kund
Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
Scene: At the well of Kuṇḍalasaṃbhava, a siddha figure—remembered as the ‘stealer of beautiful earrings’—is shown in austerity and then in radiant accomplishment; pilgrims bathe, symbolically washing away the stain of theft.
FAQs
Tīrtha-snānā can function as purificatory expiation (prāyaścitta) when joined to sacred place-power and sincere intent.
The bathing spot at/around Kuṇḍalasaṃbhava-kūpa associated with the siddha Rūpakuṇḍala-hāraka.
Snāna (ritual bathing) at the specified tīrtha for release from theft-related sin.