Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 20
स्नानं चक्रुर्विधानेन तीर्थेषु द्विजसत्तमाः । भ्रांत्वाभ्रांत्वा सुपुण्येषु श्रुत्वाश्रुत्वा द्विजन्मनाम्
snānaṃ cakrurvidhānena tīrtheṣu dvijasattamāḥ | bhrāṃtvābhrāṃtvā supuṇyeṣu śrutvāśrutvā dvijanmanām
ശ്രേഷ്ഠ ദ്വിജന്മാർ വിധിപ്രകാരം തീർത്ഥങ്ങളിൽ സ്നാനം ചെയ്തു; അതിപുണ്യസ്ഥലങ്ങളിൽ വീണ്ടും വീണ്ടും സഞ്ചരിച്ചു, ബ്രാഹ്മണരുടെ ഉപദേശങ്ങൾ പുനഃപുനഃ ശ്രവിച്ചു।
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Tīrthamāhātmya; exact speaker not explicit in snippet)
Type: tirtha
Scene: Pilgrims bathing at stepped ghats and small kundas, then walking through groves to another sacred spot; nearby Brahmins recite and explain tīrtha-māhātmya, with listeners seated attentively.
FAQs
Pilgrimage is both outer and inner: disciplined bathing in tīrthas and attentive listening to dharma-teachings.
Multiple tīrthas within the Adhyāya 72 kṣetra are implied; the verse highlights a network of supuṇya spots.
Tīrtha-snāna ‘vidhānena’ (according to proper procedure) and śravaṇa (listening) to learned dvijas.