प्रातःस्नानं हरेत्पापमलक्ष्मीं ग्लानिमेव च । अशुचित्वं च दुःस्वप्नं तुष्टिं पुष्टिं प्रयच्छति
prātaḥsnānaṃ haretpāpamalakṣmīṃ glānimeva ca | aśucitvaṃ ca duḥsvapnaṃ tuṣṭiṃ puṣṭiṃ prayacchati
صبح کا غسل گناہ، بدبختی (اَلکشمی) اور تھکن کو دور کرتا ہے۔ یہ ناپاکی اور برے خواب مٹا کر اطمینان اور قوتِ حیات عطا کرتا ہے۔
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Gaṅgā in Kāśī (ghāṭa-snāna)
Type: ghat
Listener: Śaunaka and other ṛṣis (frame) / within section: Agastya addressed as Kalaśodbhava in nearby verses
Scene: At dawn on a Kāśī ghāṭa, a devotee steps into the river; the first light touches the water, while the city’s temples silhouette behind; the mood is cleansing and auspicious.
Daily morning bathing is presented as a dharmic discipline that purifies both outer life and inner fortune, leading to well-being.
The instruction is situated in the Kāśīkhaṇḍa, implying the sacred milieu of Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), though no single tīrtha is named in this verse.
Prātaḥsnāna—bathing at dawn/morning as a daily observance for purity and auspicious results.