Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 23
येऽस्यां स्नानं करिष्यंति प्रातरुत्थाय मानवाः । सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तास्ते भविष्यंति तत्क्षणात्
ye'syāṃ snānaṃ kariṣyaṃti prātarutthāya mānavāḥ | sarvapāpavinirmuktāste bhaviṣyaṃti tatkṣaṇāt
പ്രഭാതത്തിൽ എഴുന്നേറ്റ് ഇതിൽ സ്നാനം ചെയ്യുന്ന മനുഷ്യർ, അതേ ക്ഷണത്തിൽ സർവ്വപാപങ്ങളിൽ നിന്നു വിമുക്തരാകും।
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic storyteller within the Nāgara Khaṇḍa; specific speaker not explicit in the snippet)
Tirtha: Dīrghikā
Type: kund
Listener: human audience implied; also framed within narration to a dvija (as per surrounding address)
Scene: Pilgrims rise at dawn and enter the calm waters of Dīrghikā; the first light touches the surface, and a subtle aura suggests sins dissolving instantly.
FAQs
Sincere tīrtha-snāna performed with discipline (rising at dawn) is praised as an immediate purifier of sin in Purāṇic dharma.
The sacred waters of Dīrghikā, within the Hāṭakeśvara Kṣetra Māhātmya context of the Nāgara Khaṇḍa.
Rising early (prātaḥ) and performing bathing (snāna) in the tīrtha.