Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 82
एष मे प्रत्ययो विप्र भविष्यति तवाऽधुना । भूयः स्नानं विधाय त्वं ततो मूर्तिं ममार्चय
eṣa me pratyayo vipra bhaviṣyati tavā'dhunā | bhūyaḥ snānaṃ vidhāya tvaṃ tato mūrtiṃ mamārcaya
اے وِپر (برہمن)، اب مجھے تم پر پورا یقین ہو گیا ہے۔ تم پھر سے شاستری طریقے سے پَوِتر سْنان کرو، پھر میری مُورت کی اَرچنا (پوجا) کرو۔
Sūrya (Divākara/Sahasrāṃśu)
Type: ghat
Listener: Śaṃkha (brāhmaṇa devotee)
Scene: Sūrya, radiant and authoritative, instructs the brāhmaṇa to bathe again and then worship the deity’s image; the devotee stands with folded hands near the water and a small shrine.
FAQs
Purity through snāna and sincere devotion qualifies one for divine grace and effective worship.
The passage belongs to the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya context, connected with Śaṃkhatīrtha/Śaṃkhāditya.
Repeat the ritual bath and then perform arcana (formal worship) of the deity’s mūrti (image/form).