Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 81
सर्वत्र चार्हतामेति देवपूजादिकर्मणि । नक्तंदिनं निमज्ज्याप्सु कैवर्ताः किमु पावनाः
sarvatra cārhatāmeti devapūjādikarmaṇi | naktaṃdinaṃ nimajjyāpsu kaivartāḥ kimu pāvanāḥ
তেতিয়াহে মানুহে সকলো ঠাইতে সত্যসত্য যোগ্যতা লাভ কৰে—দেৱপূজা আদি কৰ্মৰ বাবে উপযুক্ত হয়। যদি কৈৱৰ্তসকল ৰাতি-দিন পানীত ডুব দি থাকিলেই পবিত্ৰ হ’লেহেঁতেন, তেন্তে উচ্চতৰ সাধনাৰ প্ৰয়োজন ক’ত থাকিল?
Skanda (deduced from Dharmāraṇya-khaṇḍa narrative style within Brahmakhaṇḍa)
Scene: A river scene with fishermen repeatedly diving and casting nets, contrasted with a composed devotee performing restrained snāna and then offering flowers at a small shrine—visual juxtaposition of constant water-contact vs sanctifying discipline.
FAQs
Ritual eligibility comes from inner purity and right discipline, not from constant physical immersion alone.
No single tīrtha is named; the teaching reframes tīrtha as moral-spiritual purification rather than mere contact with water.
It implies that for deva-pūjā and related rites, mere bathing is insufficient; one must cultivate qualifying purity/fitness.