Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 15
तस्य च्छाया द्वितीया सा न नष्टा तत्र भूपते । ततः कनखलं प्राप्तः सुपुण्यं शुद्धिदं नृणाम्
tasya cchāyā dvitīyā sā na naṣṭā tatra bhūpate | tataḥ kanakhalaṃ prāptaḥ supuṇyaṃ śuddhidaṃ nṛṇām
然而在那里，哦大王，他的第二道影子并未消失。随后他抵达迦那迦罗（Kanakhala），功德极盛，能赐人清净。
Deductive: Skanda (narrating within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa’s Arbuda Khaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Kanakhala
Type: ghat
Listener: Bhūpate / Rājan
Scene: A pilgrim-figure moves from Kapālamocana with a lingering dark ‘shadow’ trailing; arriving at Kanakhala on the Gaṅgā, the waters gleam with purifying light; ascetics and ghāṭa steps frame the scene.
FAQs
Some karmic burdens require sustained effort—continued pilgrimage and purification, not a single act, to dissolve deeply rooted impurity.
Kanakhala, described as supuṇya and śuddhida (highly meritorious and purifying).
Continued tīrtha-yātrā is implied; no specific rite is stated in this verse.
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