Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 105
रेवायाः पञ्चमो भागः सोज्जयिन्याः प्रकीर्तितः । षष्ठः कल्पो नागरश्च तीर्थमाहात्म्यसूचकः
revāyāḥ pañcamo bhāgaḥ sojjayinyāḥ prakīrtitaḥ | ṣaṣṭhaḥ kalpo nāgaraśca tīrthamāhātmyasūcakaḥ
والجزء الخامس يُعلَن أنّه متعلق بريفا (نهر نارمدا) وبأُجَّيَيني؛ والجزء السادس هو «ناغارا كَلْپا»، وهو الذي يدلّ على عظمة التيِرثات، مواطن الحجّ المقدّسة.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) / Ujjayinī
Type: river
Scene: A paired geography: flowing Narmadā with pilgrims on ghāṭas and forested banks, and the skyline of Ujjain with Mahākāla temple imagery; a manuscript caption indicates this as the ‘fifth part’.
FAQs
Pilgrimage tradition is systematized: sacred rivers, cities, and tīrthas are celebrated as Dharma-bearing landscapes.
Revā/Narmadā and Ujjayinī (Ujjain) are named as major māhātmya domains; the verse also signals broader tīrtha-glorification.
No explicit rite is stated; the mention of a ‘Kalpa’ implies ritual/observance frameworks associated with tīrthas.