Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 9
पुलस्त्य उवाच । इत्युक्त्वांतर्दधे राजन्गोविंदो गरुडध्वजः । तस्मिन्दिने नृपश्रेष्ठ स्नात्वा व्रतं समाचरेत्
pulastya uvāca | ityuktvāṃtardadhe rājangoviṃdo garuḍadhvajaḥ | tasmindine nṛpaśreṣṭha snātvā vrataṃ samācaret
Pulastya berkata: Setelah berkata demikian, Govinda—Yang panjinya Garuḍa—lenyap, wahai Raja. Pada hari itu juga, wahai raja yang utama, setelah mandi suci, hendaklah seseorang melaksanakan vrata (nazar suci) dengan sempurna.
Pulastya
Tirtha: Arbuda tīrtha (the lake and Hari’s abode)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Rājan / nṛpaśreṣṭha (the king)
Scene: Pulastya, the sage narrator, addresses a king; behind them, a subtle vision of Govinda with Garuḍa banner fades into invisibility (antardhāna). The king is instructed to bathe and undertake the vow on that very day.
FAQs
Revelation must be followed by practice: after receiving tīrtha-glory, one should bathe and commit to vrata with discipline.
The context remains Vārāha Tīrtha and its sacred bathing rite in Adhyāya 19.
Snāna followed immediately by observance of a vrata on the specified auspicious day.