Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 75
गत्वा यो मनुजो भक्त्या कामक्रोधविवर्जितः । वैष्णवीं भावनां कृत्वा जलेशं तु व्रजेत वै
gatvā yo manujo bhaktyā kāmakrodhavivarjitaḥ | vaiṣṇavīṃ bhāvanāṃ kṛtvā jaleśaṃ tu vrajeta vai
যি মানুহ ভক্তিৰে তাত যায়, কাম-ক্রোধৰ পৰা মুক্ত হৈ, আৰু বৈষ্ণৱ ভাবনা ধাৰণ কৰি জলৰ ঈশ্বৰক অভিমুখে গমন কৰে—সেইজন নিশ্চয়েই ইচ্ছিত আধ্যাত্মিক ফল লাভ কৰে।
Narrator of the Revā Khaṇḍa (deduced)
Tirtha: Jaleśa-tīrtha (as implied) on Revā/Narmadā
Type: temple
Listener: Pārtha (Arjuna) / nṛpa addressed in surrounding verses
Scene: A pilgrim, calm and restrained, stands at a riverbank shrine, hands in añjali, mind fixed in Vaiṣṇava contemplation, approaching a water-associated Viṣṇu form titled Jaleśa; the river glows as if sanctified by meditation.
FAQs
Pilgrimage succeeds when joined to inner restraint—abandoning desire and anger—and steady Viṣṇu-centered contemplation.
The tīrtha being described in the passage—Cakratīrtha on the Narmadā—where Jaleśa is approached.
Adopt Vaiṣṇava bhāvanā (devotional contemplation) and approach/worship Jaleśa with purified mind.