Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 92
प्रातःप्रातस्तु यत्स्नानं संजाते चारुणोदये । प्राजापत्यसमं प्राहुस्तन्महाघविघातकृत्
prātaḥprātastu yatsnānaṃ saṃjāte cāruṇodaye | prājāpatyasamaṃ prāhustanmahāghavighātakṛt
কিন্তু যি স্নান প্ৰতিদিন মনোমোহা অৰুণোদয়ত, সূৰ্যোদয় হোৱাৰ লগে লগে কৰা হয়—তাক প্ৰাজাপত্য প্ৰায়শ্চিত্তৰ সমান বোলা হয়; ই মহাপাপ বিনাশ কৰে।
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Aruṇodaya-snānā at Kāśī tīrtha (Gaṅgā implied)
Type: ghat
Scene: Aruṇodaya on the Gaṅgā: the sky blushes; pilgrims enter the water with folded hands; a subtle divine radiance suggests prāyaścitta power; the sun just emerging.
FAQs
Timely, disciplined purity at dawn carries expiatory power and supports a life aligned with dharma.
No particular tīrtha is named; within Kāśīkhaṇḍa, dawn bathing is implicitly harmonized with Kāśī’s sacred waters.
Take a bath at dawn (around sunrise); it is said to equal the Prājāpatya rite and destroy major sins.