Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 77
तथापि यदि ते काचिच्छंका चित्ते व्यवस्थिता । तत्स्नानं कुरु गत्वा तु तस्मिंस्तीर्थे सुशोभने
tathāpi yadi te kācicchaṃkā citte vyavasthitā | tatsnānaṃ kuru gatvā tu tasmiṃstīrthe suśobhane
তবু যদি তোমার চিত্তে কোনো সংশয় স্থির হয়ে থাকে, তবে সেই মনোহর তীর্থে গিয়ে স্নান করো।
Unspecified (a narrator/teacher instructing Lakṣmaṇa)
Type: ghat
Scene: A pilgrim approaches a radiant ford, sunlight glinting on water; the path is lined with trees and small shrines, inviting the act of bathing as resolution of doubt.
FAQs
When inner uncertainty persists, Purāṇic dharma recommends a concrete act of purification—tīrtha-snāna—to settle the mind and restore clarity.
A ‘suśobhana’ (splendid) tīrtha within Nāgarakhaṇḍa, Adhyāya 20; the next verses connect it with Śakra (Indra).
Perform snāna (ritual bathing) at the specified tīrtha.