Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 4
मध्याह्नसमये स्नात्वा पश्यत्यात्मानमात्मना । ब्रह्मविष्ण्विन्द्रसहितः शुक्लतीर्थे समाहितः
madhyāhnasamaye snātvā paśyatyātmānamātmanā | brahmaviṣṇvindrasahitaḥ śuklatīrthe samāhitaḥ
دوپہر کے وقت اشنان کرکے، وہ آتما سے آتما کو دیکھتا ہے؛ برہما، وشنو اور اندر کے ساتھ، شکلتیرتھ میں یکسو ہو کر دھیان میں مستغرق رہتا ہے۔
Mārkaṇḍeya
Tirtha: Śuklatīrtha
Type: ghat
Scene: At bright noon, the tīrtha waters shimmer; a yogic figure emerges from the bath, seated in meditation at the ghat. Above/around appear Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Indra as reverent attendants while Śiva remains absorbed in contemplation at Śuklatīrtha.
FAQs
Tīrtha-snāna joined with inner collectedness culminates in ātmadarśana—spiritual self-realization.
Śuklatīrtha on the Narmadā is praised as a locus of divine assembly and contemplation.
Midday bathing (madhyāhna-snāna) at the tīrtha is explicitly mentioned, along with meditative absorption.