Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 117
ततो देशांतरं दुःखाद्भ्रममाण इतस्ततः । चमत्कारपुरं प्राप्तो द्विजरूपं समाश्रितः । स स्नाति सर्वकृत्येषु भिक्षान्नकृतभोजनः
tato deśāṃtaraṃ duḥkhādbhramamāṇa itastataḥ | camatkārapuraṃ prāpto dvijarūpaṃ samāśritaḥ | sa snāti sarvakṛtyeṣu bhikṣānnakṛtabhojanaḥ
Dann, vom Kummer gequält, wanderte er von Ort zu Ort. In Camatkārapura angekommen, nahm er die Gestalt eines Zweimalgeborenen (Brāhmaṇa) an. Für alle religiösen Pflichten vollzog er rituelle Bäder und lebte von Almosenspeise.
Unspecified (Nāgarakhaṇḍa narrative voice; likely Sūta-like narrator)
Tirtha: Camatkārapura
Type: kshetra
Listener: pārthiva (king)
Scene: A weary wanderer moves across varied landscapes, then enters Camatkārapura; he dons a brāhmaṇa’s simple attire, bathes at a ghat, and receives alms in a quiet street near a shrine.
FAQs
Sorrow can become a catalyst for dharmic discipline—pilgrimage, purity through snāna, and humble living by bhikṣā.
Camatkārapura is explicitly named as the place reached in this narrative segment.
Snāna (ritual bathing) connected to daily/occasional duties and sustenance through bhikṣā (alms).