Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 18
तीर्थेषु कार्यं स्नानं चेत्युक्तं मुनिवरैरपि । अंगप्रक्षालनं स्नानमुक्तं मां निंदसे कुतः
tīrtheṣu kāryaṃ snānaṃ cetyuktaṃ munivarairapi | aṃgaprakṣālanaṃ snānamuktaṃ māṃ niṃdase kutaḥ
मुनिवरों ने भी कहा है कि तीर्थों में स्नान करना चाहिए। और स्नान का अर्थ अंग-प्रक्षालन बताया गया है; फिर तू मुझे क्यों निंदता है?
Bhīma (continuing his reply)
Type: tirtha
Scene: A speaker (Bhīma) gestures toward the water, citing sages; the mood is didactic—hands indicating limbs being washed, with tīrtha-bank in view.
FAQs
Right practice at tīrthas is grounded in śāstric definition—bathing is fundamentally bodily purification done with reverence.
No specific tīrtha is named; the verse supports the general sanctity and purpose of tīrtha-bathing.
Snāna at tīrthas is prescribed, and snāna is identified as aṅga-prakṣālana (washing the body/limbs).