Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 5
यशोधनो वदान्यश्च सुधीर्ब्राह्मणदैवतः । सदैवावभृथस्नानपरिक्लिन्न शिरोरुहः
yaśodhano vadānyaśca sudhīrbrāhmaṇadaivataḥ | sadaivāvabhṛthasnānapariklinna śiroruhaḥ
वह यश-धन से सम्पन्न, दानी और बुद्धिमान था; उसके लिए ब्राह्मण देवतुल्य थे। उसका केश सदा अवभृथ-स्नान से भीगा-सा रहता था।
Maheśvara (Śiva)
Listener: Pārvatī
Scene: King Amitrajit performs repeated ceremonial bathing—hair wet, water dripping—while offering gifts to brāhmaṇas seated in a ritual enclosure; the scene conveys purity, generosity, and disciplined piety.
FAQs
True kingship is portrayed as dharma-filled: generosity, reverence for Brahmins, and sustained ritual purity.
The line continues the prelude to the Vīreśvara manifestation account in Kāśī (the tīrtha is contextual to the chapter).
Avabhṛtha-snāna (the concluding ceremonial bath connected with yajña) is referenced as a marker of continual ritual practice.