Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 93
अद्यप्रभृति सर्वेषां ब्राह्मणानां समुद्भवम् । शुद्धिरत्र प्रकर्तव्या पितृमातृसमुद्द्भवा
adyaprabhṛti sarveṣāṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ samudbhavam | śuddhiratra prakartavyā pitṛmātṛsamuddbhavā
Từ hôm nay trở đi, đối với mọi Bà-la-môn, việc thanh tịnh phải được cử hành tại đây—sự thanh tịnh liên hệ đến điều phát sinh từ cha và mẹ (dòng dõi và sinh thành).
Vahni (Agni, Fire) (contextual continuation)
Tirtha: Agni-sveda-jala tīrtha (janma/kula-śuddhi)
Type: kund
Scene: A proclamation scene: brāhmaṇas gathered at the kunda; a ritual leader indicates the water while declaring that from this day purification for brāhmaṇas is to be done here; the water glows as if consecrated anew.
FAQs
A tīrtha is framed as an enduring institution for restoring ritual purity, linking personal conduct with ancestral and familial continuity.
The Nāgarakhaṇḍa tīrtha of Adhyāya 113, established as a formal locus for śuddhi (purification) rites.
A standing rule: purification (śuddhi) for brāhmaṇas is to be performed at this site from that day onward.