Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 18
कृष्णं स्नानार्द्रगात्रं च वस्त्रेण परिमार्जति । तस्य लक्षार्जितस्यापि भवेत्पापस्य मार्जनम्
kṛṣṇaṃ snānārdragātraṃ ca vastreṇa parimārjati | tasya lakṣārjitasyāpi bhavetpāpasya mārjanam
Whoever wipes Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s body—still wet after bathing—with a cloth, for that person there arises the cleansing of sin, even of sin accumulated by the hundred-thousands.
Sūta (deduced: Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa narrative voice addressing a king)
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Scene: Kṛṣṇa’s icon glistens after abhiṣeka; a devotee gently wipes the wet limbs with a clean cloth; the cloth is held reverently like a sacred relic; surrounding devotees watch in quiet awe.
FAQs
Humble personal service to the Lord (sevā) is a powerful purifier, not merely grand ritual.
Dvārakā by context, as the place where Kṛṣṇa’s worship and service are celebrated.
Post-abhiṣeka service: wiping/drying the deity’s wet body with a cloth.