Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 61
यत्पापं कुरुते जंतुः पैशुन्यं च कृतघ्नताम् । मित्रद्रोहे च यत्पापं यत्पापं पारदारिकम् । तत्सर्वं विलयं याति कुंडस्नानरतस्य च
yatpāpaṃ kurute jaṃtuḥ paiśunyaṃ ca kṛtaghnatām | mitradrohe ca yatpāpaṃ yatpāpaṃ pāradārikam | tatsarvaṃ vilayaṃ yāti kuṃḍasnānaratasya ca
انسان جو بھی گناہ کرے—چغلی، ناشکری، دوست سے غداری، اور پرائی زوجہ کی حرمت شکنی—کُنڈ میں غسل کی لگن رکھنے والے کے لیے وہ سب مٹ جاتا ہے۔
Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya narrative style)
Tirtha: Brahmakuṇḍa
Type: kund
Scene: A remorseful pilgrim bathes repeatedly in a stepped kuṇḍa; dark, smoky forms symbolizing slander and betrayal dissolve into the water’s light; the pilgrim emerges calm, hands folded, resolved to ethical renewal.
FAQs
A sacred tīrtha, approached with devotion, functions as prāyaścitta—dissolving even grave moral stains and urging a return to dharma.
The kuṇḍa (sacred tank) of Prabhāsakṣetra, in the Brahmakuṇḍa-centered glorification.
Kuṇḍa-snāna—devoted bathing in the sacred tank—as a means of pāpa-kṣaya (sin-destruction).