Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 29
स्नानेन सत्यमाप्नोति स्नानं धर्मः सनातनः । धर्मान्मोक्षफलं प्राप्य पुनर्नैवावसीदति
snānena satyamāpnoti snānaṃ dharmaḥ sanātanaḥ | dharmānmokṣaphalaṃ prāpya punarnaivāvasīdati
പവിത്രസ്നാനത്തിലൂടെ സത്യം ലഭിക്കുന്നു; സ്നാനം സനാതനധർമ്മമാണ്. ആ ധർമ്മത്തിൽ നിന്ന് മോക്ഷഫലം പ്രാപിച്ചവൻ പിന്നെ ഒരിക്കലും അധഃപതിക്കുകയില്ല.
Brahmā (in Brahma–Nārada dialogue; inferred from chapter colophon context)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Implied pilgrim audience / Brāhmaṇa interlocutor in the ongoing discourse
Scene: A serene pilgrim emerges from sacred waters; the water is depicted as luminous ‘satya,’ and a subtle upward path symbolizes mokṣa and the state of non-fall.
FAQs
Sacred bathing is upheld as eternal dharma that leads from truthfulness and purity toward liberation.
The surrounding adhyāya praises Gaṅgā-water bathing (gaṅgodaka-snāna) within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra māhātmya setting.
Snāna (ritual bathing) is prescribed as a sanātana-dharma practice leading to spiritual uplift.