Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 65
यस्तु मोहान्नरो यक्ष स्नानं न कुरुते किल । तस्य सांवत्सरं पुण्यं त्वं ग्रहीष्यसि सर्वशः
yastu mohānnaro yakṣa snānaṃ na kurute kila | tasya sāṃvatsaraṃ puṇyaṃ tvaṃ grahīṣyasi sarvaśaḥ
Mais, ô Yakṣa, l’homme qui, par égarement, n’accomplit pas le bain rituel (snāna), en vérité : tu saisiras entièrement le mérite qu’il a amassé durant l’année.
Viśvāmitra (deduced from Adhyāya context; confirmed later in 66)
Tirtha: Ayodhyā-snāna (contextual tīrtha rite)
Type: ghat
Listener: Yakṣa (addressed)
Scene: A Yakṣa figure stands as a karmic collector at a river-ghāṭa while a deluded pilgrim turns away from bathing; the unseen ledger of yearly merit is symbolically seized.
FAQs
Neglect of prescribed tīrtha-dharma out of moha leads to spiritual loss; vigilance in observance protects one’s puṇya.
The Ayodhyā tīrtha where the obligatory snāna is emphasized.
Do not omit the required snāna; the verse frames it as a decisive annual observance.