Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 3
ततोऽन्यानि च मुख्यानि दृष्ट्वा चायतनानि सः । स्नात्वा तीर्थेष्वनेकेषु दत्त्वा दानान्यनेकशः
tato'nyāni ca mukhyāni dṛṣṭvā cāyatanāni saḥ | snātvā tīrtheṣvanekeṣu dattvā dānānyanekaśaḥ
പിന്നീട് അദ്ദേഹം മറ്റു പ്രധാന ദേവാലയങ്ങളും ദർശിച്ചു; അനേകം തീർത്ഥങ്ങളിൽ സ്നാനം ചെയ്ത്, പുനഃപുനഃ പല ദാനങ്ങളും നൽകി.
Sūta (continuing narration, implied)
Tirtha: Multiple tīrthas within Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (unnamed here)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and other ṛṣis (frame implied)
Scene: A montage-like sequence: Daśaratha visits prominent sanctuaries (āyatanas), then proceeds from one tīrtha to another for snāna; attendants distribute alms—cloth, food, coins—to brāhmaṇas and the needy, with temple spires and water-steps recurring in the background.
FAQs
A complete tīrtha-yātrā includes darśana of shrines, purifying baths, and dāna—integrating devotion, purity, and generosity.
The verse praises the broader tīrtha-network within the Śrī Hāṭakeśvara Kṣetra rather than a single named ford.
Snāna in many tīrthas and repeated dāna (charitable giving).