Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 22
तिलोदकेन यः स्नाति तथा चैवामलोदकैः । बिल्वपत्रोदकैश्चैव चातुर्मास्ये न दोषभाक्
tilodakena yaḥ snāti tathā caivāmalodakaiḥ | bilvapatrodakaiścaiva cāturmāsye na doṣabhāk
Wer mit Sesamwasser badet, ebenso mit Āmalaka-Wasser und mit Wasser von Bilva-Blättern, der trägt in der Cāturmāsya-Zeit keine Schuld.
Skanda (deduced from Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrative style)
Tirtha: Cāturmāsya snāna with tilodaka/āmalodaka/bilvapatrodaka (practice-based rather than place-based)
Type: kund
Scene: A householder or pilgrim prepares three vessels: sesame-infused water, āmalaka-infused water, and bilva-leaf water; then performs a Cāturmāsya bath with a small shrine nearby, indicating accessible ritual purity even without a major river.
FAQs
Purity is upheld through accessible ritual means; specific sanctifying substances support dharmic observance during Cāturmāsya.
No single geographic tīrtha is named; the focus is on Cāturmāsya purity through sanctified bathing media.
Bathing using tila-water, āmalaka-water, and bilva-leaf water during Cāturmāsya.