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
„Welcher Tithi ist für heute verkündet worden? Welcher heilige Anlass ist es—sage es mir. Warum badet dieses Volk, und was ist der Grund dieses Bades?“
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.