Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 149
अन्यथासौ कृतो लाभः कृतो व्रजति तान् प्रति । संस्नाप्य तं ततो राजा स्वयं स्नात्वा विधानतः
anyathāsau kṛto lābhaḥ kṛto vrajati tān prati | saṃsnāpya taṃ tato rājā svayaṃ snātvā vidhānataḥ
さもなくば、得た利益はすべて空しくなり、かえって彼らに仇となる。ゆえに王はまず規定どおり彼を沐浴させ、その後、王自身も正しい作法に従って沐浴した。
Skanda (deduced; narrative-ethical warning within māhātmya)
Tirtha: Revā/Narmadā-tīrtha
Type: ghat
Scene: A king ensures the prescribed bathing of another (or the mounts/retinue) first, then performs his own snāna with ritual decorum; priests guide the sequence; the riverbank is orderly and solemn.
FAQs
Merit requires completion through correct dharma; negligence can invert spiritual gain into loss.
The Revā/Narmadā tīrtha setting where prescribed bathing rites are performed.
Bathing in the correct sequence and manner—snāna performed ‘according to vidhāna’.