Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 4
मध्याह्नसमये स्नात्वा पश्यत्यात्मानमात्मना । ब्रह्मविष्ण्विन्द्रसहितः शुक्लतीर्थे समाहितः
madhyāhnasamaye snātvā paśyatyātmānamātmanā | brahmaviṣṇvindrasahitaḥ śuklatīrthe samāhitaḥ
મધ્યાહ્ને સ્નાન કરીને તે આત્માથી આત્માનું દર્શન કરે છે; બ્રહ્મા-વિષ્ણુ-ઇન્દ્ર સહિત શુક્લતીર્થમાં સમાધિસ્થ રહે છે।
Mārkaṇḍeya
Tirtha: Śuklatīrtha
Type: ghat
Scene: At bright noon, the tīrtha waters shimmer; a yogic figure emerges from the bath, seated in meditation at the ghat. Above/around appear Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Indra as reverent attendants while Śiva remains absorbed in contemplation at Śuklatīrtha.
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Tīrtha-snāna joined with inner collectedness culminates in ātmadarśana—spiritual self-realization.
Śuklatīrtha on the Narmadā is praised as a locus of divine assembly and contemplation.
Midday bathing (madhyāhna-snāna) at the tīrtha is explicitly mentioned, along with meditative absorption.
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