Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 5
ततो बाल्येऽपि शुश्राव शास्त्राणि विविधानि च । देवयात्रां प्रचक्रेऽथ तीर्थे स्नाति समाहिता
tato bālye'pi śuśrāva śāstrāṇi vividhāni ca | devayātrāṃ pracakre'tha tīrthe snāti samāhitā
پھر اس نے لڑکپن ہی میں طرح طرح کے شاستروں کو سنا۔ اس کے بعد اس نے دیویاترا (تیرتھ یاترا) کی اور یکسو دل ہو کر تیرتھ میں اشنان کیا۔
Sūta
Type: ghat
Listener: Ṛṣayaḥ
Scene: A transition scene: the young brāhmaṇī listening to recitation of śāstra, then setting out on pilgrimage with a small bundle and water-pot; finally, she bathes at a tīrtha with folded hands, mind composed.
FAQs
Śāstra-śravaṇa naturally matures into devayātrā and tīrtha-snāna—outer pilgrimage guided by inner discipline.
A general tīrtha is mentioned here; the chapter context soon specifies Kedāra/Kedāreśvara.
Tīrtha-snāna (ritual bathing at a sacred place) undertaken with samādhāna (mental composure).