Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 63
निष्कामस्तु पुनर्मर्त्यो यः स्नानं तत्र श्रद्धया । कुरुते स परं श्रेयः प्राप्नुयात्सिद्धिलक्षणम्
niṣkāmastu punarmartyo yaḥ snānaṃ tatra śraddhayā | kurute sa paraṃ śreyaḥ prāpnuyātsiddhilakṣaṇam
നിഷ്കാമനായി ശ്രദ്ധയോടെ അവിടെ സ്നാനം ചെയ്യുന്ന മർത്ത്യൻ പരമ ശ്രേയസ്സിനെ പ്രാപിക്കുകയും സിദ്ധിലക്ഷണങ്ങൾ നേടുകയും ചെയ്യും.
Unspecified narrator (within Sūta-framed discourse of the chapter)
Type: kund
Listener: dvija-śreṣṭhas (assembled brāhmaṇas)
Scene: A pilgrim/sage enters the sacred water with folded hands, calm face, no sign of worldly petition; the water glows subtly, indicating inner purity and the arising of 'siddhi-lakṣaṇas' as serene radiance rather than spectacle.
FAQs
Pilgrimage becomes liberating when performed without worldly craving; faith and selflessness transform ritual into spiritual attainment.
The bathing is “there” at the tīrtha praised in Adhyāya 182; the name is not present in this excerpt.
Snāna (ritual bathing) at the tīrtha, explicitly recommended to be done with śraddhā and niṣkāma-bhāva.