Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 4
मध्याह्नसमये स्नात्वा पश्यत्यात्मानमात्मना । ब्रह्मविष्ण्विन्द्रसहितः शुक्लतीर्थे समाहितः
madhyāhnasamaye snātvā paśyatyātmānamātmanā | brahmaviṣṇvindrasahitaḥ śuklatīrthe samāhitaḥ
Nachdem er zur Mittagszeit gebadet hat, schaut er das Selbst durch das Selbst. Von Brahmā, Viṣṇu und Indra begleitet, verweilt er in Sammlung am Śuklatīrtha.
Mārkaṇḍeya
Tirtha: Śuklatīrtha
Type: ghat
Scene: At bright noon, the tīrtha waters shimmer; a yogic figure emerges from the bath, seated in meditation at the ghat. Above/around appear Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Indra as reverent attendants while Śiva remains absorbed in contemplation at Śuklatīrtha.
FAQs
Tīrtha-snāna joined with inner collectedness culminates in ātmadarśana—spiritual self-realization.
Śuklatīrtha on the Narmadā is praised as a locus of divine assembly and contemplation.
Midday bathing (madhyāhna-snāna) at the tīrtha is explicitly mentioned, along with meditative absorption.