Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 49
एतस्मिन्नन्तरे ब्रह्मा शक्रं प्रोवाच सादरम् । कृतस्नानं सुरैः सार्धं विनयावनतं स्थितम्
etasminnantare brahmā śakraṃ provāca sādaram | kṛtasnānaṃ suraiḥ sārdhaṃ vinayāvanataṃ sthitam
Pada saat itu Brahmā menegur Śakra dengan penuh hormat—Śakra yang telah mandi bersama para dewa dan berdiri di situ dengan rendah hati serta takzim.
Narrative voice (contextual, unspecified in this verse)
Type: ghat
Scene: Brahmā, serene and radiant, turns toward Indra who stands with folded hands, wet from bathing, surrounded by other devas in a quiet semicircle at the water’s edge.
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Purification through tīrtha-snānā is paired with humility; spiritual merit ripens in a posture of vinaya (reverent modesty).
The sacred bathing place in Adhyāya 190 (Nāgara Khaṇḍa, Tīrtha-māhātmya), where the gods themselves complete snāna.
Completion of snāna and maintaining respectful humility in the tīrtha setting.