Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 5
यशोधनो वदान्यश्च सुधीर्ब्राह्मणदैवतः । सदैवावभृथस्नानपरिक्लिन्न शिरोरुहः
yaśodhano vadānyaśca sudhīrbrāhmaṇadaivataḥ | sadaivāvabhṛthasnānapariklinna śiroruhaḥ
அவன் புகழ்-செல்வம் உடையவன், தானசீலன், நுண்ணறிவாளர்; அவனுக்கு பிராமணர்கள் தேவதைகளுக்கு ஒப்பானவர்கள். அவனது கூந்தல் எப்போதும் அவப்ருத ஸ்நானத்தால் நனைந்ததுபோல் இருந்தது.
Maheśvara (Śiva)
Listener: Pārvatī
Scene: King Amitrajit performs repeated ceremonial bathing—hair wet, water dripping—while offering gifts to brāhmaṇas seated in a ritual enclosure; the scene conveys purity, generosity, and disciplined piety.
FAQs
True kingship is portrayed as dharma-filled: generosity, reverence for Brahmins, and sustained ritual purity.
The line continues the prelude to the Vīreśvara manifestation account in Kāśī (the tīrtha is contextual to the chapter).
Avabhṛtha-snāna (the concluding ceremonial bath connected with yajña) is referenced as a marker of continual ritual practice.