Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 17
सोमतीर्थे नरः स्नात्वा पूजयेद्देवमीश्वरम् । स भ्राजते नरो लोके सोमवत्प्रियदर्शनः
somatīrthe naraḥ snātvā pūjayeddevamīśvaram | sa bhrājate naro loke somavatpriyadarśanaḥ
सोमतीर्थे नरः स्नात्वा देवमीश्वरं पूजयेत्; स नरो लोके सोमवत् प्रियदर्शनः सन् भ्राजते।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced for Āvantya Khaṇḍa narrative style)
Tirtha: Somatīrtha
Type: tirtha
Scene: A pilgrim bathing at Somatīrtha on a riverbank at dawn, then offering flowers and bilva to a Śiva shrine; a soft lunar glow metaphorically surrounds the devotee.
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Tīrtha-bathing joined with īśvara-pūjā refines the devotee’s presence, granting inner and outer radiance.
Somatīrtha, a named pilgrimage ford praised for snāna and īśvara worship.
Snāna at Somatīrtha followed by worship (pūjā) of Īśvara.
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