Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 60
भट्टिकाऽपि ततः स्नात्वा शुक्लांबरधरा शुचिः । सर्वैः परिजनैः सार्धं तथा निज कुटुंबकैः
bhaṭṭikā'pi tataḥ snātvā śuklāṃbaradharā śuciḥ | sarvaiḥ parijanaiḥ sārdhaṃ tathā nija kuṭuṃbakaiḥ
Alors Bhaṭṭikā aussi, après s’être baignée et être devenue pure, vêtue d’habits blancs, s’en alla avec tous ses gens et avec les membres de sa propre famille.
Narrator
Scene: Bhaṭṭikā, freshly bathed, in white garments, proceeds with attendants and family toward the ritual site; the group is orderly and serene.
FAQs
Purification is embodied—through bathing, clean attire, and disciplined conduct—before performing sacred acts in a tīrtha setting.
The verse continues a tīrtha-mahātmya narrative without naming the site in this line.
Snāna (ritual bathing) and donning white garments as preparatory observances for a purification rite.