Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 36
दत्तात्रेयोऽपि विष्ण्वंशस्तीर्थेऽस्मिन्नभिषेचनात् । शुद्धांतःकरणो भूत्वा ब्रह्माकारोऽभवच्छुक
dattātreyo'pi viṣṇvaṃśastīrthe'sminnabhiṣecanāt | śuddhāṃtaḥkaraṇo bhūtvā brahmākāro'bhavacchuka
Même Dattātreya—émanation de Viṣṇu—par l’ablution en ce tīrtha purifia son antaḥkaraṇa. Ô Śuka, il s’établit dans la forme de Brahman (brahmākāra).
Varuṇa
Tirtha: Jaṭā-tīrtha
Type: ghat
Listener: Śuka (and the assembled twice-born as secondary audience)
Scene: Dattātreya, serene and radiant, performs ablution at a luminous coastal tīrtha; the water glows as if infused with mantra, and his form is shown dissolving into a Brahman-like effulgence while sages witness in silence.
FAQs
When the antaḥkaraṇa is purified, the seeker becomes fit for Brahman-abidance (brahmākāra).
This tīrtha—Jaṭā-tīrtha in the Setu region.
Abhiṣecana/snāna at the tīrtha as a means to inner purification.