Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 63
निष्कामस्तु पुनर्मर्त्यो यः स्नानं तत्र श्रद्धया । कुरुते स परं श्रेयः प्राप्नुयात्सिद्धिलक्षणम्
niṣkāmastu punarmartyo yaḥ snānaṃ tatra śraddhayā | kurute sa paraṃ śreyaḥ prāpnuyātsiddhilakṣaṇam
Pero el mortal que, libre de deseo egoísta, se baña allí con fe, alcanza el bien supremo y llega a las señales de siddhi, el logro espiritual.
Unspecified narrator (within Sūta-framed discourse of the chapter)
Type: kund
Listener: dvija-śreṣṭhas (assembled brāhmaṇas)
Scene: A pilgrim/sage enters the sacred water with folded hands, calm face, no sign of worldly petition; the water glows subtly, indicating inner purity and the arising of 'siddhi-lakṣaṇas' as serene radiance rather than spectacle.
FAQs
Pilgrimage becomes liberating when performed without worldly craving; faith and selflessness transform ritual into spiritual attainment.
The bathing is “there” at the tīrtha praised in Adhyāya 182; the name is not present in this excerpt.
Snāna (ritual bathing) at the tīrtha, explicitly recommended to be done with śraddhā and niṣkāma-bhāva.
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