Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 10
अत्र स्नानेन सर्वेषामस्माकं विगतं रजः । महदाश्चर्यमेतस्य दृष्ट्वा कुंडस्य विस्मिताः । सर्वे वयं सुरश्रेष्ठ कृपया त्वमतो वद
atra snānena sarveṣāmasmākaṃ vigataṃ rajaḥ | mahadāścaryametasya dṛṣṭvā kuṃḍasya vismitāḥ | sarve vayaṃ suraśreṣṭha kṛpayā tvamato vada
“Sa pagligo rito, nawala ang dungis ng aming lahat. Nang makita ang dakilang hiwaga ng kuṇḍang ito, kami’y lubhang namangha. O pinakadakila sa mga deva, dahil sa habag, ipahayag mo sa amin.”
Devas
Tirtha: Ayodhyā-kuṇḍa (unnamed in excerpt)
Type: kund
Listener: Brahmā
Scene: Devas, astonished, speak earnestly to Brahmā; their bodies glow, indicating rajas removed; the kuṇḍa behind them shimmers as the source of the miracle.
FAQs
Even exalted beings acknowledge transformation through tīrtha-snāna and seek compassionate instruction for deeper understanding.
The Ayodhyā kuṇḍa whose bathing removes rajas (defilement) and produces a wondrous effect.
Snāna (bathing) at this kuṇḍa is explicitly stated as removing impurity.