Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 49
एतस्मिन्नन्तरे ब्रह्मा शक्रं प्रोवाच सादरम् । कृतस्नानं सुरैः सार्धं विनयावनतं स्थितम्
etasminnantare brahmā śakraṃ provāca sādaram | kṛtasnānaṃ suraiḥ sārdhaṃ vinayāvanataṃ sthitam
அந்நேரத்தில் பிரம்மா மரியாதையுடன் சக்ரனை நோக்கி உரைத்தார்; தேவர்களுடன் நீராடிய சக்ரன் பணிவுடன் தலைவணங்கி அங்கே நின்றான்.
Narrative voice (contextual, unspecified in this verse)
Type: ghat
Scene: Brahmā, serene and radiant, turns toward Indra who stands with folded hands, wet from bathing, surrounded by other devas in a quiet semicircle at the water’s edge.
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Purification through tīrtha-snānā is paired with humility; spiritual merit ripens in a posture of vinaya (reverent modesty).
The sacred bathing place in Adhyāya 190 (Nāgara Khaṇḍa, Tīrtha-māhātmya), where the gods themselves complete snāna.
Completion of snāna and maintaining respectful humility in the tīrtha setting.