Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 3
निमग्नो दुःखसंसारे हृतराज्यो द्विजोत्तम । युष्मद्वाणीजलस्नातो निर्दुःखः सह बान्धवैः
nimagno duḥkhasaṃsāre hṛtarājyo dvijottama | yuṣmadvāṇījalasnāto nirduḥkhaḥ saha bāndhavaiḥ
اے برگزیدہ برہمن! جو شخص غمگین سنسار کے چکر میں ڈوبا ہوا تھا اور اپنی سلطنت سے محروم ہو چکا تھا، وہ تمہاری مقدس وانی کے آب میں غسل کر کے اپنے رشتہ داروں سمیت بے غم ہو گیا۔
Contextual narration (within Yudhiṣṭhira’s inquiry/description)
Tirtha: Vāk-tīrtha (metaphorical) within Revā-khaṇḍa context
Type: kshetra
Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira (frame)
Scene: A dispossessed man, weighed down by worldly sorrow, is shown transformed—serene and uplifted—after ‘bathing’ in the waters of sacred speech; his relatives share the relief, suggesting communal healing through teaching.
FAQs
Purāṇic instruction is likened to a purifying bath that removes grief and restores inner well-being.
No single site is named in this verse; it uses a metaphor of purification through holy teaching while the chapter context concerns Narmadā tīrthas.
Metaphorically, ‘snāna’ (bathing) in sacred teaching; no concrete external rite is specified here.