Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 32
यस्तत्र समये स्नानं करिष्यति त्वया सह । अन्योऽपि मानवः कश्चिद्विपाप्मा स भविष्यति
yastatra samaye snānaṃ kariṣyati tvayā saha | anyo'pi mānavaḥ kaścidvipāpmā sa bhaviṣyati
அந்த நேரத்தில் அங்கே உன்னுடன் சேர்ந்து யார் ஸ்நானம் செய்கிறாரோ—வேறு எந்த மனிதனாக இருந்தாலும்—அவன் பாவமற்றவனாக ஆகுவான்.
Pulastya
Type: ghat
Scene: A crowded yet orderly ghat scene: the principal yajamāna enters the water with priests, while other men and women also bathe at the same auspicious moment; a luminous aura over the water suggests sin-dissolution.
FAQs
Holy association and timely tīrtha-bathing grant pāpa-kṣaya—purification is magnified by sacred time and sacred company.
The bathing-spot used for the avabhṛtha/Vāruṇī rite is praised as a sin-destroying tīrtha, though unnamed in this verse.
Bathing at the appointed ritual time (samaya) at that place, together with the principal participant and priests.