Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 83
अत्र स्वेद जले विप्रा ये स्थिताः षोडश द्विजाः । ते स्नानमद्य कुर्वंतु प्रविशुद्ध्यर्थमात्मनः
atra sveda jale viprā ye sthitāḥ ṣoḍaśa dvijāḥ | te snānamadya kurvaṃtu praviśuddhyarthamātmanaḥ
“诸位婆罗门啊，此处站立的十六位再生者，今日当在这汗水之水中沐浴，为使自身获得彻底清净。”
Vahni (Agni)
Tirtha: Sveda-jala Kuṇḍa (contextual epithet)
Type: kund
Scene: Agni, still near the kuṇḍa, gestures toward the water-filled pit; sixteen brāhmaṇas stand ready to bathe, their sacred threads visible, the atmosphere solemn and purifying.
FAQs
Purification is attainable through prescribed sacred acts at a tīrtha; the narrative frames even unusual waters as sanctifying when sanctioned by dharmic authority.
A kuṇḍa whose waters are described as sveda-jala (sweat-water) is being praised as purifying; the exact tīrtha name is not stated in the snippet.
A specific snāna (bath) is prescribed: sixteen dvijas should bathe in the sveda-jala for thorough self-purification.
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