Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 63
यस्तत्र कुरुते स्नानं तस्य मृत्युभयं कुतः । साऽद्य पंचदशी राम ज्येष्ठमाससमुद्भवा । ज्येष्ठानक्षत्रसंयुक्ता तस्मात्स्नातुं त्वमर्हसि
yastatra kurute snānaṃ tasya mṛtyubhayaṃ kutaḥ | sā'dya paṃcadaśī rāma jyeṣṭhamāsasamudbhavā | jyeṣṭhānakṣatrasaṃyuktā tasmātsnātuṃ tvamarhasi
جو وہاں اشنان کرتا ہے، اُس کے لیے موت کا خوف کہاں رہتا ہے؟ آج، اے رام، جَیَیشٹھ ماہ کی پندرھویں تِتھی ہے، جو جَیَیشٹھا نکشتر سے یُکت ہے؛ اس لیے تمہیں وہاں اشنان کرنا چاہیے۔
Mārkaṇḍeya (deduced from the advisory tone and continuity)
Tirtha: Pitāmaha/Brahmā-tīrtha (bathing spot)
Type: ghat
Listener: Rāma
Scene: The guide emphatically declares that bathing here removes fear of death, then points out the auspicious alignment: Jyeṣṭha month’s fifteenth day with Jyeṣṭhā nakṣatra, urging Rāma to bathe now.
FAQs
A holy bath undertaken with right time and faith is portrayed as a powerful purifier that even dispels existential fear.
The unnamed ‘there’ refers to the tīrtha being recommended in this adhyāya, later specified as a renowned tīrtha near Mārkaṇḍeya’s hermitage.
Snāna at the tīrtha on Jyeṣṭha pañcadaśī (full-moon) when joined with Jyeṣṭhā nakṣatra.