Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 45
तस्माद्भौमेषु तीर्थेषु मानसेषु च नित्यशः । उभयेष्वपि यः स्नाति स याति परमां गतिम
tasmādbhaumeṣu tīrtheṣu mānaseṣu ca nityaśaḥ | ubhayeṣvapi yaḥ snāti sa yāti paramāṃ gatima
Darum erlangt, wer beständig badet – sowohl in den irdischen Tīrthas als auch in den Tīrthas des Geistes –, den höchsten Zustand.
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Mānasa-tīrtha (inner tīrtha) paired with Bhūma-tīrtha (outer tīrtha)
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: A pilgrim at a ghāṭa performs snāna in the Gaṅgā while simultaneously visualizing a lotus-heart washed by a stream of light; outer water and inner radiance mirror each other.
FAQs
Outer pilgrimage and inner purification should be united; together they lead to the highest spiritual end.
Tīrthas in general—both earthly sites and the inner ‘Mānasa Tīrtha’—are praised.
Snāna (bathing) is prescribed in a dual sense: physical tīrtha-bath and continual inner ‘bathing’ through purity of mind.