Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 59
ऋषयस्तत्र ते यांतु समानेतुं जनार्द्दनम् । इत्युक्तो नारदः स्वर्गात्स्नातुं प्राप्तः स मन्दरे
ṛṣayastatra te yāṃtu samānetuṃ janārddanam | ityukto nāradaḥ svargātsnātuṃ prāptaḥ sa mandare
‘ഋഷികൾ അവിടെ ചെന്നു ജനാർദനനെ കൊണ്ടുവരട്ടെ’ എന്നു പറഞ്ഞപ്പോൾ, നാരദൻ സ്വർഗത്തിൽ നിന്ന് ഇറങ്ങി സ്നാനാർത്ഥം മന്ദരത്തിൽ എത്തി.
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa)
Tirtha: Mandara-snānā (Mandara tīrtha)
Type: kund
Scene: Nārada descending from svarga to Mandara, holding vīṇā, approaching a clear bathing pool/stream; sages preparing to invite Janārdana.
FAQs
The gods’ purposes are fulfilled through saintly intermediaries—sages and Nārada—who connect heaven and earth in service to Janārdana.
Mount Mandara is highlighted as a sacred setting where snāna is performed, within the wider Vastrāpathakṣetra Māhātmya context.
Snāna (ritual bathing) is explicitly mentioned as Nārada arrives to bathe at Mandara.