Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 34
स विशल्योऽभवद्यस्मात्प्राप्य तस्याः शिवं जलम् । कपिला नामतस्तेन विशल्या चोच्यते बुधैः
sa viśalyo'bhavadyasmātprāpya tasyāḥ śivaṃ jalam | kapilā nāmatastena viśalyā cocyate budhaiḥ
اس کے شیو کے فیض سے مبارک پانی کو پا کر وہ ‘شلیہ’ سے آزاد ہو گیا؛ اسی سبب وہ کاپیلا نام سے مشہور ہے۔ اسی لیے دانا لوگ اس مقدس گھاٹ کو بھی ‘وشلیہ’ کہتے ہیں، یعنی شلیہ کو دور کرنے والی جگہ۔
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator; likely Mārkaṇḍeya continuing the account)
Tirtha: Viśalyā-tīrtha (Kāpilā-hrada)
Type: kund
Scene: A calm, luminous lake labeled by sages as ‘Viśalyā’; subtle Śiva iconography (trident/third-eye aura) reflected in water; the healed child stands unharmed beside his mother.
FAQs
Contact with Śiva-sanctified tīrtha-water removes inner ‘śalya’—deep afflictions and karmic pain.
Viśalyā (also called Kapilā), a tīrtha associated with auspicious water within the Revā (Narmadā) sacred geography.
Implied: taking/using the tīrtha-water (snāna/ācamana) for purification and relief from affliction.