Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 82
यदा त्वं त्यजसि प्राज्ञ मर्त्यलोकं सुदुस्त्यजम् । तदात्र मामके कुण्डे प्रक्षेप्तव्यानि कृत्स्नशः
yadā tvaṃ tyajasi prājña martyalokaṃ sudustyajam | tadātra māmake kuṇḍe prakṣeptavyāni kṛtsnaśaḥ
“โอ้ผู้มีปัญญา เมื่อท่านละทิ้งโลกมนุษย์นี้—ซึ่งละได้ยากยิ่ง—แล้ว สิ่งทั้งปวงนั้นพึงถูกโยนลงในสระกุณฑ์ศักดิ์สิทธิ์ของเรานี้โดยสิ้นเชิง”
Tripurāntaka (Śiva), inferred
Tirtha: Mamaka-kuṇḍa
Type: kund
Scene: At a sacred kuṇḍa, the king prepares to cast all mantra-scrolls and weapons into the water at the moment of leaving the mortal world; the pool glows, lotuses tremble, attendants watch in silence.
FAQs
At life’s turning points, one should relinquish possessions and powers in a sanctified way, dedicating them back to the sacred.
A specific “māmake kuṇḍa”—the deity’s own pond—understood in this chapter as Devīkuṇḍa.
A prescription to cast/immerse the granted items (e.g., weapons/mantras’ associated objects) into the sacred kuṇḍa at the time of leaving the mortal world.