Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 111
तस्मिन्रक्तजले राज्ञी स्नानं सादरमातनोत् । ततस्तां रक्ततोयार्द्रां फुल्लकिंशुकसन्निभाम्
tasminraktajale rājñī snānaṃ sādaramātanot | tatastāṃ raktatoyārdrāṃ phullakiṃśukasannibhām
اس سرخ پانی میں ملکہ نے نہایت اہتمام سے غسل کیا؛ پھر وہ سرخ آب سے تر ہو کر، کھلے ہوئے کِمشُک کے پھولوں کی مانند دکھائی دینے لگی۔
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Setukhaṇḍa)
Tirtha: Raktavāpī
Type: kund
Scene: The queen emerges from the crimson pond, water streaming from her limbs; her body and garments glow red like a blossoming kiṃśuka; attendants hold cloths; the scene is beautiful yet ominous.
FAQs
Ritual action (snāna) is portrayed with reverence, while the vivid imagery signals the narrative turning-point that follows.
The Setu-kṣetra milieu; the immediate sacred setting is the red-water pond prepared for bathing.
Snāna (bathing) performed carefully (sādara) in the designated waters.