Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 18
ऋषितीर्थे च पापघ्ने सिद्धेश्वरसमन्विते । दत्त्वार्घ्यं मृदमालभ्य स्नानं कुर्यात्समाहितः
ṛṣitīrthe ca pāpaghne siddheśvarasamanvite | dattvārghyaṃ mṛdamālabhya snānaṃ kuryātsamāhitaḥ
पापहरिणी, सिद्धेश्वरसमन्वित अशा ऋषितीर्थी प्रथम अर्घ्य द्यावे; मग पवित्र मृत्तिकेचा लेप करून, एकाग्रचित्ताने स्नान करावे।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced from Purāṇic narration style in Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa)
Tirtha: Ṛṣitīrtha
Type: ghat
Scene: A quiet ford named Ṛṣitīrtha: a pilgrim offers arghya, then applies sacred earth to limbs, then steps into water for snāna; a small Siddheśvara liṅga-shrine nearby under coastal trees.
FAQs
Purification is both outer and inner: sacred bathing at a tīrtha should be done with ritual correctness and mental composure.
Ṛṣitīrtha, described as pāpaghna and connected with Siddheśvara (Śiva) in the Dvārakā region of Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa.
Offer arghya, apply cleansing earth (mṛd), and then perform snāna with focused attention.