Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 90
श्रीमार्कण्डेय उवाच । एतद्वृत्तान्तमभवत्तस्मिंस्तीर्थे नृपोत्तम । एतस्मात्कारणान्मेध्यं तीर्थमेतत्सदा नृप
śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca | etadvṛttāntamabhavattasmiṃstīrthe nṛpottama | etasmātkāraṇānmedhyaṃ tīrthametatsadā nṛpa
শ্ৰী মাৰ্কণ্ডেয় ক’লে: “হে নৃপশ্ৰেষ্ঠ! এই সমগ্ৰ বৃত্তান্ত সেই তীৰ্থতেই ঘটিছিল। এই কাৰণতে, হে নৃপ, এই তীৰ্থ সদায় মেধ্য—পবিত্ৰ আৰু পাৱনকাৰী—।”
Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya
Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (sadā-medhya)
Type: ghat
Listener: Nṛpa-uttama (king)
Scene: Sage Mārkaṇḍeya seated near a riverbank hermitage, addressing a king with folded hands; behind them the Revā-tīrtha ghat and a small shrine indicate the sanctified locale.
FAQs
A tīrtha becomes renowned as perpetually purifying due to the sacred events and dharmic transformations associated with it.
A particular tīrtha in the Revā Khaṇḍa (Narmadā sacred geography) is praised as “medhya,” though its name is not given in this excerpt.
Implicitly, it supports performing sacred rites at this tīrtha due to its medhya (ritually pure) nature.
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