Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 3
पुनस्त्रेतायुगे प्राप्ते तौ देवौ रामलक्ष्मणौ । तत्र तीर्थे पुनः स्नात्वा रावणो दुर्जयो हतः
punastretāyuge prāpte tau devau rāmalakṣmaṇau | tatra tīrthe punaḥ snātvā rāvaṇo durjayo hataḥ
Again, when the Tretā Yuga arrived, those two divine ones became Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa; and after bathing again at that tīrtha, Rāvaṇa—otherwise invincible—was slain.
Mārkaṇḍeya
Tirtha: Yojaneśvara
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahārāja
Scene: Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa bathe at the tīrtha; the scene foreshadows or symbolically includes Rāvaṇa’s defeat; overlay of Nara–Nārāyaṇa identity as a subtle divine double-image.
FAQs
Sacred bathing (snāna) at a celebrated tīrtha is presented as strengthening dharma and aiding the fulfillment of divine purpose.
The tīrtha at Yojaneśvara, credited with empowering the divine mission associated with Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa.
Snāna (ritual bathing) at the tīrtha is explicitly mentioned.