Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 41
न मां ज्ञास्यति दूरस्था जनाः स्नानार्थमागताः । मज्जमानं जले पुण्ये सम्मर्देऽस्मिञ्जलोद्भवे
na māṃ jñāsyati dūrasthā janāḥ snānārthamāgatāḥ | majjamānaṃ jale puṇye sammarde'smiñjalodbhave
‘স্নানের জন্য আগত লোকেরা দূরে দাঁড়িয়ে আমাকে চিনতে পারবে না। এই জলজাত ভিড়ের চাপে পুণ্যজলে নিমজ্জিত আমাকে তারা বুঝতে পারবে না।’
Brahmā (deduced from immediate context: Brahmā speaking to Indra in v.40)
Tirtha: Jyeṣṭhapuṣkara
Type: ghat
Scene: Brahmā, blending into a dense crowd at the ghāṭa, steps into the holy water; faces and bodies press close, splashes rise, and the deity’s identity is veiled by ordinary pilgrim movement.
FAQs
Divinity may be present within ordinary crowds at sacred places; reverence for the tīrtha and pilgrims becomes reverence for the divine.
Jyeṣṭhapuṣkara/Jyeṣṭha-kuṇḍa and its puṇya waters during the bathing gathering.
Immersion/bathing (majjana) in the holy waters during the dense festival crowd.