Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 169
वृष उवाच । भोभो नृपवरश्रेष्ठ तीर्थमाहात्म्यमुत्तमम् । यत्र चास्मद्विधस्तीर्थे मुच्यते पातकैर्नरः । मया ज्ञातमशेषेण मत्समो नास्ति पातकी
vṛṣa uvāca | bhobho nṛpavaraśreṣṭha tīrthamāhātmyamuttamam | yatra cāsmadvidhastīrthe mucyate pātakairnaraḥ | mayā jñātamaśeṣeṇa matsamo nāsti pātakī
বৃষ ক’লে: হে হে নৃপবৰশ্ৰেষ্ঠ! এই তীৰ্থৰ মাহাত্ম্য অতি উত্তম—য’ত মোৰ দৰে মানুহো পাপৰ পৰা মুক্ত হয়। মই সম্পূৰ্ণকৈ বুজিলোঁ: মোৰ সমান পাপী কোনো নাই।
Vṛṣa
Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha
Type: ghat
Listener: The king (nṛpavara-śreṣṭha)
Scene: The bull (now in divine form) addresses the king from the vimāna, hands folded, face bright with relief; he extols the tīrtha’s greatness, while the river and parva crowd form a reverent backdrop.
FAQs
A powerful tīrtha can liberate even deeply fallen beings, inspiring repentance and faith in dharma.
A tīrtha within the Revā Khaṇḍa (Revā/Narmadā sacred region) is praised; the verse emphasizes its sin-destroying power rather than naming it.
No explicit prescription here; it proclaims the tīrtha’s capacity to remove pātakas.
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