Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 47
संसारगह्वरगुहां प्रविहातुमेतां चेदिच्छथ प्रतिपदं भवतापखिन्नाः । नानाविधैर्निजकृतैर्बहुकर्मपाशैर्बद्धाः सुखाय शृणुतैकहितं मयोक्तम्
saṃsāragahvaraguhāṃ pravihātumetāṃ cedicchatha pratipadaṃ bhavatāpakhinnāḥ | nānāvidhairnijakṛtairbahukarmapāśairbaddhāḥ sukhāya śṛṇutaikahitaṃ mayoktam
যদি তোমালোক সংসাৰৰ দাহ-দুঃখে প্ৰতিপদে ক্লান্ত হৈ, সংসাৰ-গহ্বৰ এই গভীৰ গুহাৰ পৰা ওলাই যাবলৈ সত্যই ইচ্ছা কৰা—নিজ কৰ্মৰ নানা বিধ বন্ধন-ফাঁসত বহুভাৱে আবদ্ধ হৈ থাকিলেও—তেনে হলে তোমালোকৰ মঙ্গল আৰু শান্তিৰ বাবে মই কোৱা এই একমাত্ৰ হিতকৰ উপদেশ শুনা।
Deductively: Skanda (in Revā Khaṇḍa instructional discourse)
Tirtha: Revā-khaṇḍa (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A weary pilgrim-king (or audience) is shown metaphorically at the mouth of a dark cavern labeled ‘saṃsāra,’ entangled by many rope-nooses; the teacher’s words appear as a single bright path/torch leading out.
FAQs
Freedom from saṃsāra begins by heeding a single, focused spiritual instruction that cuts through the bonds of self-made karma.
The Revā-tīra (banks of the Revā/Narmadā) within the Revā Khaṇḍa of the Āvantya Khaṇḍa.
No specific rite is named here; it introduces an imminent core teaching meant to bring welfare and peace.
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