Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 48
तत्तीर्थं धार्मिकं लोके ब्रह्मविष्णुमहेश्वरैः । निर्मितं परया भक्त्या लोकानां हितकाम्यया
tattīrthaṃ dhārmikaṃ loke brahmaviṣṇumaheśvaraiḥ | nirmitaṃ parayā bhaktyā lokānāṃ hitakāmyayā
সেই তীৰ্থ লোকত ধৰ্মৰ আসন বুলি খ্যাত; ব্ৰহ্মা, বিষ্ণু আৰু মহেশ্বৰে পৰম ভক্তিৰে, সকলো লোকৰ মঙ্গল কামনাৰে, তাক নিৰ্মাণ কৰিছিল।
Dharma (personified)
Tirtha: Śukla Tīrtha
Type: ghat
Listener: Two crows (dānavas)
Scene: A tri-deity consecration: Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Maheśvara jointly ‘fashion’ or establish Śukla Tīrtha on the bright Narmadā bank, with sages and pilgrims witnessing.
FAQs
A tīrtha’s sanctity is rooted in divine intention and bhakti—its purpose is loka-hita, the upliftment and purification of beings.
Śukla Tīrtha (on the Narmadā), described as dhārmika and divinely established.
No explicit ritual is commanded; the verse legitimizes pilgrimage by presenting the tīrtha as divinely founded for public spiritual benefit.