Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 5
यशोधनो वदान्यश्च सुधीर्ब्राह्मणदैवतः । सदैवावभृथस्नानपरिक्लिन्न शिरोरुहः
yaśodhano vadānyaśca sudhīrbrāhmaṇadaivataḥ | sadaivāvabhṛthasnānapariklinna śiroruhaḥ
وہ ناموری کی دولت والا، سخی اور دانا تھا؛ برہمنوں کو دیوتاؤں کی مانند مانتا تھا۔ اس کے بال ہمیشہ اوَبھرتھ اسنان کی طرح تر رہتے، گویا وہ مسلسل رسمِ غسل میں مشغول ہو۔
Maheśvara (Śiva)
Listener: Pārvatī
Scene: King Amitrajit performs repeated ceremonial bathing—hair wet, water dripping—while offering gifts to brāhmaṇas seated in a ritual enclosure; the scene conveys purity, generosity, and disciplined piety.
FAQs
True kingship is portrayed as dharma-filled: generosity, reverence for Brahmins, and sustained ritual purity.
The line continues the prelude to the Vīreśvara manifestation account in Kāśī (the tīrtha is contextual to the chapter).
Avabhṛtha-snāna (the concluding ceremonial bath connected with yajña) is referenced as a marker of continual ritual practice.