Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 9
न कायस्य यतः शुद्धिर्विना तीर्थावगाहनात् । स स्नातः सलिले पुण्ये सरस्वत्या वरानने
na kāyasya yataḥ śuddhirvinā tīrthāvagāhanāt | sa snātaḥ salile puṇye sarasvatyā varānane
فإن الجسد لا يتطهّر إلا بالاغتسال في تيرثا مقدّس. لذلك، يا حسنة الوجه، اغتسل في المياه المباركة لنهر ساراسفتي.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (contextual attribution; vocative suggests an embedded address within the narration)
Tirtha: Sarasvatī-tīrtha (Prabhāsa)
Type: sangam
Listener: Addressed interlocutor (varānane)
Scene: At dawn, the pilgrim steps into clear, sanctified river-water identified as Sarasvatī; ripples, lotuses, and priests on the bank; the act of immersion is central.
FAQs
Purāṇic dharma highlights tīrtha-snāna as a means of purification when paired with remorse and right intention.
The Sarasvatī’s sacred waters within the Prabhāsa sacred region are praised as purifying.
Tīrtha-avagāhana (immersion/bathing) in the holy waters of Sarasvatī.