Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 9
सर्वे ते शुद्धमनसो वेदवेदांगपारगाः । तत्र स्नात्वा यथान्यायं कृत्वा कर्म जपादिकम्
sarve te śuddhamanaso vedavedāṃgapāragāḥ | tatra snātvā yathānyāyaṃ kṛtvā karma japādikam
Mereka semua berhati suci dan telah menyeberangi pengetahuan Veda serta Vedāṅga. Di sana, setelah mandi menurut tata-aturan, mereka menunaikan laku suci—japa dan upacara lainnya.
Sūta (continuing the scene-setting narration)
Tirtha: Kurukṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: Sages at dawn on a sacred waterbody: bathing, wringing garments, applying tilaka, then sitting in rows for japa with rosaries; the atmosphere is quiet, ordered, and luminous.
FAQs
Purified intention joined with scriptural discipline expresses itself through orderly practice—bathing, rites, and mantra-recitation.
The immediate context continues at Kurukṣetra, where bathing and rites are performed according to rule.
Ritual bathing (snāna) performed yathā-nyāya and the performance of karma including japa are explicitly stated.