Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 57
आनीतं तत्क्षणात्सर्वं भृत्यैस्तद्वशवर्तिभिः । स्नानं कृत्वा शुभे तोये सङ्गमे पापनाशने
ānītaṃ tatkṣaṇātsarvaṃ bhṛtyaistadvaśavartibhiḥ | snānaṃ kṛtvā śubhe toye saṅgame pāpanāśane
บรรดามหาดเล็กผู้ขึ้นต่อพระบัญชาก็นำสิ่งทั้งปวงมาในทันที แล้วพระองค์ทรงสรงสนานในน้ำมงคล ณ สังฆมะ อันเป็นที่ทำลายบาป (แล้วจึงดำเนินต่อไป)
Narrator (contextual narration within the Revākhaṇḍa)
Tirtha: Sangama (pāpa-nāśana) near Prabhāsa/Somanātha
Type: sangam
Listener: Audience/ṛṣis
Scene: Attendants quickly assemble firewood and ritual items; the king enters shimmering confluence waters, performs snāna with folded hands; the sangama is depicted as two streams meeting (or river meeting sea).
FAQs
Sacred bathing at a tirtha-saṅgama is upheld as a powerful purifier that prepares one for higher rites and higher destiny.
A “saṅgama” (holy confluence) associated with the Somanātha sacred region in the Revākhaṇḍa setting.
Snāna (ritual bathing) in auspicious, sin-destroying waters at the confluence.