Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 20
अत्राभिषेकं ते वीर करिष्यामः समादिश । ततः सुविस्मितस्तत्र स्नात्वा स्कन्दो महामनाः
atrābhiṣekaṃ te vīra kariṣyāmaḥ samādiśa | tataḥ suvismitastatra snātvā skando mahāmanāḥ
“வீரனே, இங்கேயே உன் அபிஷேகத்தைச் செய்வோம்—ஆணையிடு.” அப்போது மகாமனத்தையுடைய ஸ்கந்தன் அங்கே நீராடி மிகுந்த வியப்புற்றான்.
Devas (addressing Skanda)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Bhārata (addressed later in the sequence)
Scene: At a sacred ritual ground, attendants request Skanda’s command for consecration; Skanda, noble and composed, steps to the water and bathes, his face showing wonder at the unfolding divine rite.
FAQs
Sacred places are stages for divine rites; humility and readiness (to be consecrated) are part of dharma.
The Mahī–Sāgara Saṅgama tīrtha where Skanda bathes and is to be consecrated.
Abhiṣeka (ritual consecration/anointing) and snāna (bathing) at the tīrtha.