Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 10
कंसारिकाऽथ जग्राह स्नानार्थं वसनं च तत् । अमोघरेतसा क्लिन्नमजानन्ती द्विजोत्तमाः
kaṃsārikā'tha jagrāha snānārthaṃ vasanaṃ ca tat | amogharetasā klinnamajānantī dvijottamāḥ
Da nahm Kaṃsārikā eben jenes Tuch zum Bade, o Bester der Zweimalgeborenen, ohne zu wissen, dass es vom unfehlbaren Samen benetzt war.
Sūta (deduced: Purāṇic narration to sages in a Māhātmya context)
Type: ghat
Listener: dwijas ('द्विजोत्तमाः')
Scene: Kaṃsārikā, innocent and focused on bathing, lifts the discarded cloth near a water spot. The scene balances modesty and narrative clarity: the cloth is shown as significant through a subtle glow, while she remains unaware.
FAQs
Actions done in innocence can still become instruments in a larger divine narrative shaping sacred history.
The tīrtha-context is implicit through the Tīrthamāhātmya frame centered around Yājñavalkya’s āśrama.
Snāna (bathing) is mentioned as the immediate context, though no rule or फल (benefit) is stated in this verse.