Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 15
तस्य च्छाया द्वितीया सा न नष्टा तत्र भूपते । ततः कनखलं प्राप्तः सुपुण्यं शुद्धिदं नृणाम्
tasya cchāyā dvitīyā sā na naṣṭā tatra bhūpate | tataḥ kanakhalaṃ prāptaḥ supuṇyaṃ śuddhidaṃ nṛṇām
مگر وہیں، اے بادشاہ، اس کا دوسرا سایہ وہاں مٹ نہ سکا۔ پھر وہ کنکھل پہنچا، جو نہایت پُنیہ بخش اور انسانوں کو پاکیزگی عطا کرنے والا ہے۔
Deductive: Skanda (narrating within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa’s Arbuda Khaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Kanakhala
Type: ghat
Listener: Bhūpate / Rājan
Scene: A pilgrim-figure moves from Kapālamocana with a lingering dark ‘shadow’ trailing; arriving at Kanakhala on the Gaṅgā, the waters gleam with purifying light; ascetics and ghāṭa steps frame the scene.
FAQs
Some karmic burdens require sustained effort—continued pilgrimage and purification, not a single act, to dissolve deeply rooted impurity.
Kanakhala, described as supuṇya and śuddhida (highly meritorious and purifying).
Continued tīrtha-yātrā is implied; no specific rite is stated in this verse.