Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 29
स्नानेन सत्यमाप्नोति स्नानं धर्मः सनातनः । धर्मान्मोक्षफलं प्राप्य पुनर्नैवावसीदति
snānena satyamāpnoti snānaṃ dharmaḥ sanātanaḥ | dharmānmokṣaphalaṃ prāpya punarnaivāvasīdati
مقدس غسل سے سچائی حاصل ہوتی ہے؛ غسل سناتن دھرم (ازلی فریضہ) ہے۔ اسی دھرم سے موکش کا پھل ملتا ہے، اور اسے پا کر انسان پھر کبھی زوال میں نہیں گرتا۔
Brahmā (in Brahma–Nārada dialogue; inferred from chapter colophon context)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Implied pilgrim audience / Brāhmaṇa interlocutor in the ongoing discourse
Scene: A serene pilgrim emerges from sacred waters; the water is depicted as luminous ‘satya,’ and a subtle upward path symbolizes mokṣa and the state of non-fall.
FAQs
Sacred bathing is upheld as eternal dharma that leads from truthfulness and purity toward liberation.
The surrounding adhyāya praises Gaṅgā-water bathing (gaṅgodaka-snāna) within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra māhātmya setting.
Snāna (ritual bathing) is prescribed as a sanātana-dharma practice leading to spiritual uplift.