Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 13
गमिष्यति घृणा सर्वा निष्पापस्त्वं भविष्यसि । उक्त्वैवमुदतिष्ठच्च जलमध्याद्वरानने
gamiṣyati ghṛṇā sarvā niṣpāpastvaṃ bhaviṣyasi | uktvaivamudatiṣṭhacca jalamadhyādvarānane
உன் எல்லா அருவருப்பும் நீங்கும்; நீ பாவமற்றவனாவாய். இவ்வாறு கூறி அந்த அழகுமுகத்தாள் நீர்நடுவிலிருந்து எழுந்தாள்.
Narrative voice within the māhātmya (continuing the Jalaprabhāsa episode)
Tirtha: Jalāśraya-kunda (Prabhāsa episode)
Type: kund
Listener: Ṛṣis
Scene: The deity—described as fair-faced—rises fully from the water, radiating calm; the brāhmaṇa’s posture softens into serenity, suggesting aversion dissolved; the pond becomes still, reflecting the liṅga and sky.
FAQs
A tīrtha purifies not only actions (pāpa) but also attitudes—aversion and contempt are replaced by clarity and faith.
Jalaprabhāsa, described as a sacred watery locus within Prabhāsa Kṣetra.
Implicitly, approaching the sacred waters and receiving the tīrtha’s grace leading to pāpa-kṣaya.