Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 73
सेतौ संकल्पमुक्त्वा तु नियमेन परावसुः । सह भ्रात्रा धनुष्कोटौ सस्नौ पातकशुद्धये
setau saṃkalpamuktvā tu niyamena parāvasuḥ | saha bhrātrā dhanuṣkoṭau sasnau pātakaśuddhaye
Sur le Setu, Parāvasu—après avoir prononcé une résolution solennelle et observé la règle prescrite—se baigna à Dhanuṣkoṭi avec son frère, afin d’être purifié du péché.
Purāṇic narrator
Tirtha: Setu–Dhanuṣkoṭi
Type: ghat
Listener: Brāhmaṇas/sages (addressed as ‘viprāḥ’)
Scene: At the Setu shore, Parāvasu performs saṅkalpa with joined palms, then both brothers enter the sea for ritual bathing, austere and focused on purification.
FAQs
Purification is strengthened by saṃkalpa (intent) and niyama (discipline), not by the act alone.
Setu and Dhanuṣkoṭi, where the purifying bath is performed.
Make a saṃkalpa, follow niyamas, and perform snāna at Dhanuṣkoṭi for pātaka-śuddhi.