Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 57
आनीतं तत्क्षणात्सर्वं भृत्यैस्तद्वशवर्तिभिः । स्नानं कृत्वा शुभे तोये सङ्गमे पापनाशने
ānītaṃ tatkṣaṇātsarvaṃ bhṛtyaistadvaśavartibhiḥ | snānaṃ kṛtvā śubhe toye saṅgame pāpanāśane
Semuanya segera dibawa oleh para pelayan yang patuh pada perintahnya. Lalu, setelah mandi suci di air mulia pada pertemuan sungai—penghapus dosa—(ia melangkah आगे).
Narrator (contextual narration within the Revākhaṇḍa)
Tirtha: Sangama (pāpa-nāśana) near Prabhāsa/Somanātha
Type: sangam
Listener: Audience/ṛṣis
Scene: Attendants quickly assemble firewood and ritual items; the king enters shimmering confluence waters, performs snāna with folded hands; the sangama is depicted as two streams meeting (or river meeting sea).
FAQs
Sacred bathing at a tirtha-saṅgama is upheld as a powerful purifier that prepares one for higher rites and higher destiny.
A “saṅgama” (holy confluence) associated with the Somanātha sacred region in the Revākhaṇḍa setting.
Snāna (ritual bathing) in auspicious, sin-destroying waters at the confluence.