Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 18
तीर्थेषु कार्यं स्नानं चेत्युक्तं मुनिवरैरपि । अंगप्रक्षालनं स्नानमुक्तं मां निंदसे कुतः
tīrtheṣu kāryaṃ snānaṃ cetyuktaṃ munivarairapi | aṃgaprakṣālanaṃ snānamuktaṃ māṃ niṃdase kutaḥ
Aun los mejores sabios han declarado que el baño debe hacerse en los tīrthas. Y se ha definido el “baño” como el lavado de los miembros; ¿por qué, entonces, me injurias?
Bhīma (continuing his reply)
Type: tirtha
Scene: A speaker (Bhīma) gestures toward the water, citing sages; the mood is didactic—hands indicating limbs being washed, with tīrtha-bank in view.
FAQs
Right practice at tīrthas is grounded in śāstric definition—bathing is fundamentally bodily purification done with reverence.
No specific tīrtha is named; the verse supports the general sanctity and purpose of tīrtha-bathing.
Snāna at tīrthas is prescribed, and snāna is identified as aṅga-prakṣālana (washing the body/limbs).