Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 147
यैस्तु वाहैर्गतस्तीर्थं स्नातोऽहं स्नापयामि तान् । तत्र मध्यस्थितः स्नातस्तिर्यक्त्वान्निर्गतो वणिक्
yaistu vāhairgatastīrthaṃ snāto'haṃ snāpayāmi tān | tatra madhyasthitaḥ snātastiryaktvānnirgato vaṇik
“Dengan tunggangan apa pun aku sampai ke tīrtha dan mandi, tunggangan itulah juga aku mandikan.” Setelah mandi di sana sambil berdiri di tengah arus, seorang saudagar keluar—terlepas daripada kelahiran sebagai binatang.
Skanda (deduced; narrative of a tīrtha miracle/result)
Tirtha: Revā/Narmadā-tīrtha (midstream snāna)
Type: sangam
Scene: A pilgrim stands in the river’s midstream performing snāna; nearby, elephants/horses are washed. A wondrous moment: a merchant emerges, symbolically freed from animal-birth bondage—shown as a human figure rising with radiant aura.
FAQs
Tīrtha-bathing can transform destiny; compassion and responsibility extend even to the animals that serve one’s pilgrimage.
A Revā/Narmadā tīrtha (within the Bhāreśvara-oriented Adhyāya 209 context).
Snāna at the tīrtha, including bathing one’s mounts/animals that enabled the journey.