कूपः शुभोद नामापि स्नातव्यं तत्र निश्चितम् । तत्र मुंडमयी माला मया क्षिप्तातिशोभना
kūpaḥ śubhoda nāmāpi snātavyaṃ tatra niścitam | tatra muṃḍamayī mālā mayā kṣiptātiśobhanā
وہاں ‘شُبھودا’ نام کا ایک کنواں بھی ہے؛ وہاں اشنان کرنا یقینی طور پر مقرر ہے۔ وہیں میں نے کھوپڑیوں سے بنی نہایت حسین مالا ڈال دی تھی۔
Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa context: Skanda to Agastya)
Tirtha: Śubhodā Kūpa
Type: kund
Scene: A stone-lined well named Śubhodā; a solemn devotee/ascetic figure casts a radiant skull-garland into/near the well; the scene balances purity (water) with mortality symbolism (skulls), under a banyan or near a small shrine.
Even specific micro-sites in Kāśī—wells and ponds—are sanctified and ritually potent within the Purāṇic sacred map.
Śubhodā Kūpa (the well named Śubhodā) in Kāśī.
Snāna (bathing) in the Śubhodā well is explicitly prescribed.