Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 73
अस्य तीर्थस्य यात्रायां मतिर्येषां भविष्यति । गोक्षीरेण तिलैः श्वेतैः स्नात्वा सारस्वते जले
asya tīrthasya yātrāyāṃ matiryeṣāṃ bhaviṣyati | gokṣīreṇa tilaiḥ śvetaiḥ snātvā sārasvate jale
جن کی مت اس تیرتھ کی یاترا پر جم جائے، وہ گائے کے دودھ اور سفید تل کے ساتھ سرسوتی کے جل میں اسنان کر کے (پِتروں کے وعدہ شدہ پُنّیہ کے لائق ہوتے ہیں)۔
Sūta (deduced from continuous tīrtha narration)
Tirtha: Sarasvatī-jala (at the tīrtha)
Type: river
Scene: Pilgrims at a riverbank perform a ceremonial bath; attendants hold a small pot of milk and a bowl of white sesame; the river is personified as Sarasvatī, gentle and luminous.
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Pilgrimage is perfected by inner resolve (mati) and purifying bath-rites performed as taught by the Purāṇa.
This Dharmāraṇya tīrtha connected with the Sarasvatī waters (Sārasvata-jala).
Snāna (ritual bath) using cow’s milk and white sesame in Sarasvatī water as part of the tīrtha observance.