Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 30
अनया भार्यया सार्द्धं यदा स्नानं करिष्यसि । तदा त्वं मानुषं भावं जीर्णत्वचमिवोरगः
anayā bhāryayā sārddhaṃ yadā snānaṃ kariṣyasi | tadā tvaṃ mānuṣaṃ bhāvaṃ jīrṇatvacamivoragaḥ
Lorsque tu accompliras le bain sacré avec cette épouse, alors tu reprendras l’état humain, tel le serpent qui rejette sa peau usée.
Brahmā (Caturānana) speaking (deduced).
Tirtha: Cakratīrtha
Type: ghat
Listener: Vidhūma
Scene: At a coastal tīrtha, a couple enters the sacred water; the afflicted being’s old condition falls away like a serpent’s discarded skin, revealing renewed human form.
FAQs
Tīrtha-snāna, performed in dharmic companionship, is portrayed as a powerful means of inner and outer transformation.
Cakratīrtha (by immediate narrative continuity), where the prescribed snāna yields transformative effect.
To perform snāna (ritual bathing) together with one’s wife as part of the śāpa-śānti process.