Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 22
मम सख्या समादिष्टं नातिदूरे जलाशयः । तत्र श्वेतत्वमायाति सर्वं क्षिप्तं सितेतरम्
mama sakhyā samādiṣṭaṃ nātidūre jalāśayaḥ | tatra śvetatvamāyāti sarvaṃ kṣiptaṃ sitetaram
میرے سکھا نے بتایا ہے کہ زیادہ دور نہیں ایک جل آشیہ ہے۔ اس میں جو کچھ بھی ڈالا جائے—اگرچہ سفید نہ ہو—وہاں وہ سب سفید، پاکیزہ اور روشن ہو جاتا ہے۔
Daughter (reporting to her father)
Type: kund
Scene: A friend points to a nearby shining reservoir; a devotee holds stained cloth over luminous water that seems to turn everything bright.
FAQs
A tīrtha is portrayed as a transformer of impurity into purity—symbolizing the power of sacred places to uplift and cleanse.
A nearby jalāśaya (sacred reservoir) renowned for granting śvetatva—making what is impure become pure/bright.
Casting/placing defiled items (such as garments) for cleansing, and by implication bathing/ritual purification at the jalāśaya.