Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 64
नोपसर्पंति वै दुष्टाः प्रातस्नायिजनं क्वचित् । दृष्टादृष्टफलं यस्मात्प्रातःस्नानं समाचरेत्
nopasarpaṃti vai duṣṭāḥ prātasnāyijanaṃ kvacit | dṛṣṭādṛṣṭaphalaṃ yasmātprātaḥsnānaṃ samācaret
जो प्रातःस्नान करतो त्याच्याजवळ दुष्ट कधीही येत नाहीत. प्रातःस्नानाने दृष्ट व अदृष्ट अशी दोन्ही फळे मिळतात, म्हणून ते आचरावे.
Deductive (contextual narrator within Brahmakhaṇḍa)
Scene: A disciplined bather at dawn radiating steadiness; shadowy ‘wicked’ figures keep distance; twofold fruits shown symbolically—visible (health, vigor) and invisible (aura, protective light).
FAQs
Daily purity has protective power and produces both tangible and subtle spiritual outcomes.
None is specified; the verse speaks generally of the efficacy of morning bathing.
A direct injunction to regularly perform morning bathing for both visible and invisible benefits.