Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 10
परिधाय पुनः सा तु कौपीनं रेतसायुतम् । एकांते स्नातुमारब्धा जलाभ्याशे यथासुखम्
paridhāya punaḥ sā tu kaupīnaṃ retasāyutam | ekāṃte snātumārabdhā jalābhyāśe yathāsukham
ثم لبست من جديد ذلك الكَوْبِين (kaupīna)، وإن كان ملطخًا بالمنيّ؛ وانفردت في مكان خالٍ وشرعت تغتسل قرب الماء على مهلٍ كما تشاء.
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya; specific speaker not explicit in this snippet)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: ghat
Scene: Subhadrā, alone near the water, dons the found loincloth despite its stain and begins bathing privately; the scene should convey moral tension and impending supernatural outcome without explicit depiction.
FAQs
It foreshadows how lapses in discernment around purity can lead to grave consequences—Purāṇas use such moments to teach careful, dharmic awareness.
The act occurs near sacred waters within the Prabhāsa-kṣetra māhātmya narrative environment, where bathing sites are spiritually charged.
Snāna (bathing) is performed, but without procedural details; the emphasis is narrative and moral rather than liturgical.