Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 63
ते तु मां मुनयोत्रैव प्रमुच्याश्रमसन्निधौ । स्नानार्थं विविशुः सर्वे ह्रदेऽत्रैव सुशोभने
te tu māṃ munayotraiva pramucyāśramasannidhau | snānārthaṃ viviśuḥ sarve hrade'traiva suśobhane
પરંતુ તે મુનિઓ મને ત્યાં જ આશ્રમની નજીક મૂકીને, સ્નાનાર્થે અહીંના આ અતિશય શોભન હ્રદમાં બધા પ્રવેશ્યા.
Unspecified first-person narrator within the Tīrthamāhātmya
Type: kund
Scene: Sages, leaving the protagonist near the hermitage, enter a shining, beautiful lake together for ritual bathing; the āśrama sits close by amid trees and calm waters.
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Association with sages naturally leads to tīrtha-practices like snāna, emphasizing purification through sacred place and holy company.
A beautiful hrada (sacred lake/pond) beside an āśrama in Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya; the proper name is likely provided in adjacent verses.
Snāna (ritual bathing) in the tīrtha-hrada is explicitly mentioned.