Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2
तत्र स्नात्वा महाकुण्डे यस्तं पूजयते नरः । पंचोपचारविधिना भक्तियुक्तो यतेन्द्रियः
tatra snātvā mahākuṇḍe yastaṃ pūjayate naraḥ | paṃcopacāravidhinā bhaktiyukto yatendriyaḥ
وہاں مہاکُنڈ میں اشنان کرکے جو شخص پانچ اُپچار کی وِدھی کے مطابق، بھکتی سے یُکت اور اِندریوں کو قابو میں رکھ کر اُس کی پوجا کرتا ہے، وہ مقررہ پُنّیہ کو پالیتا ہے۔
Śiva (Īśvara)
Tirtha: Mahākuṇḍa (within Brahmakuṇḍa complex)
Type: kund
Listener: Mahādevī
Scene: A pilgrim emerges from the stepped kuṇḍa, wet hair and folded cloth, then offers five upacāras before a Śiva shrine; lamps glow, incense rises, flowers scatter on the liṅga.
FAQs
Pilgrimage bears fruit when joined with disciplined devotion—purity (snāna), worship (pūjā), and self-control.
The mahākuṇḍa associated with Bhairaveśvara near Brahmakuṇḍa in Prabhāsakṣetra.
Snāna in the kuṇḍa and pañcopacāra-vidhi (five-offering worship) performed with bhakti and sense-restraint.