Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 4
धुन्धुमारेश्वरं पश्येत्तत्र स्नात्वा नरोत्तमः । न स पश्यति दुर्गाणि नरकाणि यमालये
dhundhumāreśvaraṃ paśyettatra snātvā narottamaḥ | na sa paśyati durgāṇi narakāṇi yamālaye
Tắm gội tại đó xong, bậc trượng phu tối thượng nên chiêm bái Dhundhumāreśvara; người ấy sẽ không còn thấy những địa ngục ghê rợn trong cung Yama.
Narrative context (continuation of Sūta’s narration)
Tirtha: Dhundhumāreśvara
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis at Naimiṣāraṇya (contextual)
Scene: Pilgrims bathe in the clear stepwell, then walk in wet garments to the shrine for darśana of Dhundhumāreśvara; a symbolic veil of Yama’s realm recedes in the background.
FAQs
Pilgrimage discipline—bathing in the sacred waters and taking darśana of Śiva—purifies karma and is praised as protection from hellish consequences.
Dhundhumāreśvara and the associated bathing place (the nearby sacred vāpī) in the Nāgara Khaṇḍa Tīrtha-māhātmya.
Snāna (bathing) at the site, followed by darśana of Dhundhumāreśvara.