Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 59
कुसीदं कृषिवाणिज्यं प्रकुर्वीत स्वयं कृतम् । आपत्काले स्वयं कुर्वन्स्नानेन स्पृश्यते द्विजः
kusīdaṃ kṛṣivāṇijyaṃ prakurvīta svayaṃ kṛtam | āpatkāle svayaṃ kurvansnānena spṛśyate dvijaḥ
तो स्वतःच्या प्रयत्नाने कुसीद (व्याजाने धन देणे), शेती व वाणिज्य करू शकतो. आपत्काळी द्विजाने हे कार्य स्वतः केल्यास स्नानाने तो पुन्हा शुद्ध होतो.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (snāna-tīrtha)
Type: ghat
Scene: A distressed dvija returns from marketplace fields and, at Prabhāsa ghāṭa, performs a purificatory bath; he holds a water-pot, recites a mantra, and the sea/tīrtha waters shimmer as cleansing light.
FAQs
Dharma provides emergency allowances, coupled with purification and restraint to preserve spiritual integrity.
The instruction sits within Prabhāsa-kṣetra’s māhātmya; the sacred setting highlights snāna as a purifier.
Snāna (bathing) is prescribed as purification when a dvija performs hardship-allowed occupations.