Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 71
आपः पुरुषवीर्याश्च पुनंतीर्भूर्भूवःस्वश्च । तैः पुनरमीवघ्नाःसंस्पृशेतात्मना भुवः
āpaḥ puruṣavīryāśca punaṃtīrbhūrbhūvaḥsvaśca | taiḥ punaramīvaghnāḥsaṃspṛśetātmanā bhuvaḥ
پورُش کی قوت سے معمور یہ آبِ مقدّس بھوḥ، بھوواḥ اور سواḥ کو پاک کرتے ہیں۔ انہیں پھر چھونے سے انسان بیماریوں کا ناس کرنے والا بنتا ہے اور اپنی ہستی سے عوالم کو تقدیس بخشتا ہے۔
The hymn-speakers (inhabitants/varṇas) within Sūta’s narration
Type: kshetra
Scene: A contemplative pilgrim at a luminous waterbody; the waters rise as personified Āpaḥ carrying Puruṣa-tejas, radiating upward to Bhūḥ-Bhuvaḥ-Svaḥ as three stacked realms being cleansed; subtle aura of healing dispels dark ‘disease’ forms.
FAQs
Water is sacred because it carries divine potency; contact with it purifies, heals, and aligns the practitioner with cosmic welfare.
No named terrestrial tīrtha; the teaching is universal, supporting tīrtha-theology where waters sanctify worlds.
Saṃsparśa/snānāṅga: touching (and by implication bathing with) sanctified waters for purification and removal of ailments.