Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 3
निमग्नो दुःखसंसारे हृतराज्यो द्विजोत्तम । युष्मद्वाणीजलस्नातो निर्दुःखः सह बान्धवैः
nimagno duḥkhasaṃsāre hṛtarājyo dvijottama | yuṣmadvāṇījalasnāto nirduḥkhaḥ saha bāndhavaiḥ
द्विजोत्तम! दुःखसंसारे निमग्नो हृतराज्यः स नरः, युष्मद्वाणीजले स्नातः, बान्धवैः सह निर्दुःखोऽभवत्।
Contextual narration (within Yudhiṣṭhira’s inquiry/description)
Tirtha: Vāk-tīrtha (metaphorical) within Revā-khaṇḍa context
Type: kshetra
Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira (frame)
Scene: A dispossessed man, weighed down by worldly sorrow, is shown transformed—serene and uplifted—after ‘bathing’ in the waters of sacred speech; his relatives share the relief, suggesting communal healing through teaching.
FAQs
Purāṇic instruction is likened to a purifying bath that removes grief and restores inner well-being.
No single site is named in this verse; it uses a metaphor of purification through holy teaching while the chapter context concerns Narmadā tīrthas.
Metaphorically, ‘snāna’ (bathing) in sacred teaching; no concrete external rite is specified here.