Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 72
तिथिरद्यैव का प्रोक्ता किं पर्व कथयस्व मे । किमयं स्नाति लोकोऽयं किं वा स्नानस्य कारणम्
tithiradyaiva kā proktā kiṃ parva kathayasva me | kimayaṃ snāti loko'yaṃ kiṃ vā snānasya kāraṇam
আজ কোন তিথি ঘোষিত হয়েছে? কোন পবিত্র পর্ব—আমাকে বলো। এ লোকেরা কেন স্নান করছে, আর এই স্নানের কারণই বা কী?
Śabarī
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha (general)
Type: ghat
Scene: A pilgrim observes a riverbank crowded with bathers at dawn and asks about the day’s tithi and the reason for the mass snāna; the river glints, ghāṭa steps and waterpots visible.
FAQs
Sacred actions become fruitful when aligned with sacred time and understood intention (bhāva).
The Revā tīrtha-region is the implied setting where communal snāna is taking place.
Snāna is the highlighted act, to be performed with awareness of the day’s tithi/parva.
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