Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 31
एतैश्चिह्नैर्मुनिश्रेष्ठ ज्ञात्वा स्नानं समाचर । तच्छ्रुत्वा स मुनिस्तूर्णं समुत्थाय ययौ ततः
etaiścihnairmuniśreṣṭha jñātvā snānaṃ samācara | tacchrutvā sa munistūrṇaṃ samutthāya yayau tataḥ
يا أفضلَ الحكماء، إذا عرفتَ التيرثا بهذه العلامات فامضِ إلى الاغتسال المقدّس. فلما سمع ذلك، نهض ذلك الناسك على الفور ومضى مسرعًا إلى ذلك الموضع.
Unspecified (narrative instruction within Sūta’s discourse)
Tirtha: Puṣkara (triad)
Type: kshetra
Listener: muniśreṣṭha (addressed)
Scene: A preceptor points out the signs; the muni, energized, rises at once, gathers his staff and water-pot, and sets off toward the lotus-marked ponds.
FAQs
Right knowledge (knowing the tīrtha correctly) should immediately lead to right action—faithful observance of the prescribed rite.
Puṣkara tīrtha (contextually, the Puṣkara lakes distinguished by signs).
Perform snāna only after correctly identifying the tīrtha by its traditional marks.