Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 54
प्राचीं सरस्वतीं प्राप्य याति तीर्थं हिमालयम् । स करस्थं समुत्सृज्य कूर्परेण समालिहेत्
prācīṃ sarasvatīṃ prāpya yāti tīrthaṃ himālayam | sa karasthaṃ samutsṛjya kūrpareṇa samālihet
Nachdem er die ostwärts fließende Sarasvatī erreicht hat, zieht er weiter zum heiligen Tīrtha des Himālaya. Er lasse los, was er in der Hand hält, und wische es dann mit dem Ellbogen ab.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Prācī Sarasvatī; 'Himālaya' tīrtha (local toponym within Prabhāsa-kṣetra)
Type: river
Listener: Pilgrimage-inquirer audience
Scene: A pilgrim walks from the Prācī Sarasvatī bank toward another named tīrtha; he carefully releases something held in his hand into the water/ground and then wipes with his elbow, following a prescribed etiquette.
FAQs
Tīrthas are presented as an interconnected sacred landscape, alongside practical rules of ritual comportment.
The verse references the Sarasvatī and a Himalayan tīrtha, within the Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya’s sacred-geography frame.
A specific instruction on releasing what is held in the hand and wiping with the elbow, indicating a rule of ritual cleanliness/etiquette.