Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 58
प्रह्लाद उवाच । तदाप्रभृति विप्रेंद्राः स कूपो नृगसंज्ञया । वरदानाच्च कृष्णस्य पावनः सर्वदेहिनाम्
prahlāda uvāca | tadāprabhṛti vipreṃdrāḥ sa kūpo nṛgasaṃjñayā | varadānācca kṛṣṇasya pāvanaḥ sarvadehinām
پرہلاد نے کہا: “اسی وقت سے، اے برہمنوں کے سردارو، وہ کنواں ‘نِرگ’ کے نام سے مشہور ہوا؛ اور کرشن کے عطا کردہ ور سے وہ تمام جسم داروں کے لیے پاک کرنے والا بن گیا۔”
Prahlāda
Tirtha: Nṛga-kūpa
Type: kund
Listener: viprendra / dvija-śreṣṭhas (brāhmaṇas)
Scene: Prahlāda, serene and radiant, addresses assembled brāhmaṇas, pointing to a sacred well labeled ‘Nṛga’; a subtle aura suggests Kṛṣṇa’s boon sanctifying its waters for all beings.
FAQs
A tīrtha’s sanctity is intensified by divine boon; sacred places become universal purifiers when tied to dharmic narrative and divine grace.
Nṛga-kūpa (also understood as Nṛga-tīrtha) in the Dvārakā-māhātmya.
No direct prescription here; it declares the tīrtha’s purifying power for all beings.