Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 33
न रोगो न जरा तत्र यत्र देवोऽंभसां पतिः । अनाशकं तु यः कुर्यात्तस्मिंस्तीर्थे युधिष्ठिर
na rogo na jarā tatra yatra devo'ṃbhasāṃ patiḥ | anāśakaṃ tu yaḥ kuryāttasmiṃstīrthe yudhiṣṭhira
Dort gibt es weder Krankheit noch Alter, wo Varuṇa, der Herr der Wasser, weilt. Und du, Yudhiṣṭhira, wer in jenem heiligen Tīrtha das Gelübde des anāśaka vollzieht—
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced: Āvantya Khaṇḍa narrative style)
Tirtha: Śukla Tīrtha (within Revā-khaṇḍa circuit)
Type: ghat
Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira
Scene: On the bright bank of Revā, a serene tīrtha with clear waters; Varuṇa’s presence is suggested by a makara-bannered deity near a water pavilion, while a pilgrim undertakes anāśaka with folded hands.
FAQs
A tīrtha is depicted as an overlap of worlds: by vrata and purity one gains access to a realm beyond decay, symbolized by Varuṇa’s domain.
Śuklatīrtha (the tīrtha repeatedly named in this adhyāya’s passage).
The anāśaka observance (a fasting/food-abstinence vow) to be undertaken at the tīrtha.