Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 48
सौंदर्य्यदं शरीरस्य परं प्रत्ययकारकम् । यत्र स्नात्वा विधानेन दौर्गंध्यं त्यजति क्षणात् । तत्र स्नानं प्रयत्नेन कर्त्तव्यं पुण्यकांक्षिभिः
sauṃdaryyadaṃ śarīrasya paraṃ pratyayakārakam | yatra snātvā vidhānena daurgaṃdhyaṃ tyajati kṣaṇāt | tatra snānaṃ prayatnena karttavyaṃ puṇyakāṃkṣibhiḥ
এই পবিত্ৰ স্নানস্থান দেহক সৌন্দৰ্য দান কৰে আৰু অন্তৰৰ দৃঢ় বিশ্বাসৰ পৰম আধাৰ হয়। বিধি মতে তাত স্নান কৰিলে দুৰ্গন্ধ ক্ষণতে দূৰ হয়। সেয়ে পুণ্যকামীয়ে যত্নেৰে তাত স্নান কৰা উচিত।
Brahmā (deduced for Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Dhanayakṣa-tīrtha
Type: ghat
Listener: Pilgrimage-inquirer (implied)
Scene: Pilgrims at a ghat bathe reverently; the water is depicted as luminous. A figure emerges from the water radiant, symbolizing beauty and purification; subtle fragrance motifs replace prior foulness.
FAQs
Ritual bathing at a praised tīrtha purifies quickly and strengthens faith/inner assurance, so seekers of puṇya should perform it carefully.
A sacred bathing spot within Ayodhyā’s holy landscape (Ayodhyāmāhātmya), presented as immediately purifying.
Perform snāna (bathing) there ‘vidhānena’—according to proper procedure—done with sincere effort by those desiring merit.