Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 17
स्नानं कृत्वा कोटितीर्थे जयादित्यं समर्च्य च । पूजयन्नारदमुनिं युक्तः कृष्णो महामनाः
snānaṃ kṛtvā koṭitīrthe jayādityaṃ samarcya ca | pūjayannāradamuniṃ yuktaḥ kṛṣṇo mahāmanāḥ
कोटितीर्थ में स्नान करके और जयादित्य का विधिवत् अर्चन करके, संयमी महात्मा कृष्ण ने नारद मुनि का भी सम्मानपूर्वक पूजन किया।
Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa (narrator, implied)
Tirtha: Koṭitīrtha
Type: kund
Scene: At dawn by a sacred waterbody, Kṛṣṇa steps from the water after snāna, offers arghya toward the rising sun at a Jayāditya shrine, then turns to greet Nārada with folded hands and offerings.
FAQs
A complete tīrtha-yātrā includes snāna, devatā-pūjā, and reverence to sages—linking sacred place, deity, and saintly guidance.
Koṭitīrtha is explicitly praised as a bathing-place of merit.
Snāna at Koṭitīrtha, worship of Jayāditya, and pūjā/respectful honoring of Nārada.