Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2
तत्र स्नात्वा महाकुण्डे यस्तं पूजयते नरः । पंचोपचारविधिना भक्तियुक्तो यतेन्द्रियः
tatra snātvā mahākuṇḍe yastaṃ pūjayate naraḥ | paṃcopacāravidhinā bhaktiyukto yatendriyaḥ
Pagkaligo roon sa dakilang kuṇḍa, ang sinumang sumasamba sa Kanya ayon sa ritwal ng limang handog, na may debosyon at pagpipigil sa mga pandama, ay nagkakamit ng ipinangakong gantimpala ng kabanalan.
Śiva (Īśvara)
Tirtha: Mahākuṇḍa (within Brahmakuṇḍa complex)
Type: kund
Listener: Mahādevī
Scene: A pilgrim emerges from the stepped kuṇḍa, wet hair and folded cloth, then offers five upacāras before a Śiva shrine; lamps glow, incense rises, flowers scatter on the liṅga.
FAQs
Pilgrimage bears fruit when joined with disciplined devotion—purity (snāna), worship (pūjā), and self-control.
The mahākuṇḍa associated with Bhairaveśvara near Brahmakuṇḍa in Prabhāsakṣetra.
Snāna in the kuṇḍa and pañcopacāra-vidhi (five-offering worship) performed with bhakti and sense-restraint.