Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 27
स्नात्वा संपूज्य तीर्थेशं प्रतीहारः समभ्यगात् । शिष्येण सहितो वेगाद्रथेनादित्यवर्चसा
snātvā saṃpūjya tīrtheśaṃ pratīhāraḥ samabhyagāt | śiṣyeṇa sahito vegādrathenādityavarcasā
ครั้นอาบน้ำชำระและบูชาพระผู้เป็นเจ้าแห่งทิรถะโดยสมควรแล้ว ประทีหาระก็มาถึงโดยเร็ว พร้อมศิษย์ของตน บนรถศึกสว่างดุจพระอาทิตย์
Narrator (contextual; within Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa māhātmya narration)
Tirtha: Vastrāpatha
Type: ghat
Listener: Naimiṣāraṇya ṛṣis
Scene: At the tīrtha-ghāṭa, the protagonist completes bathing and worship of the Tīrtheśa; then a pratīhāra (chamberlain) arrives rapidly with a disciple in a sun-bright chariot, suggesting urgency and royal/temple administration.
FAQs
Tīrtha-bathing (snāna) and worship (pūjā) are presented as the proper dharmic approach before undertaking important actions.
The Vastrāpatha tīrtha context continues, emphasizing worship of the tīrtha’s presiding Lord (Tīrtheśa).
Snāna (ritual bath) and saṃpūjā (complete worship) of Tīrtheśa.