स्नानोपासनपानेन वज्रिणी गुरुतल्पगम् । नाशयत्यखिलं पुंसां पापं भूरिभयंकरम्
snānopāsanapānena vajriṇī gurutalpagam | nāśayatyakhilaṃ puṃsāṃ pāpaṃ bhūribhayaṃkaram
اس کے پانی میں غسل، عبادت اور اس کا پینا کرنے سے وجریṇی مردوں کے لیے گُروتلپ (استاد کے بستر کی حرمت شکنی) جیسے نہایت ہولناک گناہ کو پوری طرح مٹا دیتی ہے۔
Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya narrative style within Skanda Purāṇa)
Tirtha: Vajriṇī
Type: kund
Listener: A divine female interlocutor (addressed later as sura-sundarī) and/or sages in the narrative frame
Scene: A sacred river/kuṇḍa named Vajriṇī glows with tīrtha-tejas; pilgrims bathe, offer flowers and water, and sip a handful reverently; the atmosphere suggests fearsome sins dissolving like dark smoke in sunlight.
The Purāṇic tīrtha-māhātmya teaches that even the gravest moral collapse demands repentance and can be met with powerful prāyaścitta through sacred waters and worship.
The Vajriṇī river/tīrtha within Prabhāsa Kṣetra.
Snāna (bathing), upāsanā (worship), and pāna (drinking of sacred water).