Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 28
दैवतेभ्योऽथ भूतेभ्यश्चतुर्भागं क्षिपाम्यहम् । एवं मुक्त्वा क्षिपच्चैनो जलोपरि महामतिः
daivatebhyo'tha bhūtebhyaścaturbhāgaṃ kṣipāmyaham | evaṃ muktvā kṣipaccaino jalopari mahāmatiḥ
«Je jetterai un quart (de ce fardeau) sur les dieux et sur les êtres vivants.» Ayant ainsi déclaré, le magnanime projeta le péché sur les eaux.
Brahmā
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) (implicit Revā Khaṇḍa frame)
Type: river
Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira
Scene: Brahmā declares he will cast a quarter of the sin upon gods and beings, then hurls the burden onto the waters, which shimmer as they receive it.
FAQs
Purāṇic narratives explain cosmic order by distributing unbearable guilt into regulated shares, transforming chaos into a manageable dharmic structure.
The verse speaks broadly of ‘waters’ rather than a named tīrtha; within Revā Khaṇḍa, the sanctity of rivers forms the background.
Implicitly, it frames why waters must be approached with dharmic rules (purity/impurity concepts), though no direct rite is stated here.