Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 49
एतस्मिन्नन्तरे ब्रह्मा शक्रं प्रोवाच सादरम् । कृतस्नानं सुरैः सार्धं विनयावनतं स्थितम्
etasminnantare brahmā śakraṃ provāca sādaram | kṛtasnānaṃ suraiḥ sārdhaṃ vinayāvanataṃ sthitam
അപ്പോൾ ബ്രഹ്മാവ് ആദരത്തോടെ ശക്രനോട് സംസാരിച്ചു; ശക്രൻ ദേവന്മാരോടൊപ്പം സ്നാനം ചെയ്ത് വിനയത്തോടെ നമിഞ്ഞ് അവിടെ നിന്നിരുന്നു.
Narrative voice (contextual, unspecified in this verse)
Type: ghat
Scene: Brahmā, serene and radiant, turns toward Indra who stands with folded hands, wet from bathing, surrounded by other devas in a quiet semicircle at the water’s edge.
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Purification through tīrtha-snānā is paired with humility; spiritual merit ripens in a posture of vinaya (reverent modesty).
The sacred bathing place in Adhyāya 190 (Nāgara Khaṇḍa, Tīrtha-māhātmya), where the gods themselves complete snāna.
Completion of snāna and maintaining respectful humility in the tīrtha setting.