Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 65
स्नातं यैश्च विशुद्ध्यर्थमत्र मद्भक्तितत्परैः । तेषां स्वर्गतयो नित्यं मुक्तिः करतले स्थिता
snātaṃ yaiśca viśuddhyarthamatra madbhaktitatparaiḥ | teṣāṃ svargatayo nityaṃ muktiḥ karatale sthitā
Aqueles que aqui se banham para purificação, devotados à minha bhakti—para eles é certa a conquista do céu; e a libertação repousa sempre na palma de sua mão.
Brahmā (deduced: Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa context—Brahmā addressing Nārada)
Tirtha: Ayodhyā-Sarayū Snāna (contextual tīrtha within Ayodhyāmāhātmya)
Type: ghat
Scene: Devotees at dawn bathe in the Sarayū with folded hands, water dripping from hair, while a subtle divine aura suggests svarga and mokṣa ‘in the palm’—a symbolic lotus-hand motif hovering above.
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When tīrtha-bathing is joined with sincere devotion, it grants both worldly merit (svarga) and the highest goal (mukti).
Ayodhyā’s sacred bathing places as presented in the Ayodhyāmāhātmya.
Snāna (ritual bathing) undertaken for purification (viśuddhi) with steadfast bhakti.