Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 23
प्रचेताश्च वसिष्ठश्च भृगुर्नारद एव च । च्यवनो गालवश्चैव वामदेवो महामुनिः
pracetāśca vasiṣṭhaśca bhṛgurnārada eva ca | cyavano gālavaścaiva vāmadevo mahāmuniḥ
S’y trouvaient Pracetā et Vasiṣṭha, Bhṛgu et aussi Nārada ; de même Cyavana, Gālava et Vāmadeva, le grand muni—
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced for Āvantya Khaṇḍa narration)
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha-pradeśa
Type: kshetra
Scene: A luminous riverside hermitage on Revā’s bank where famed ṛṣis—Pracetā, Vasiṣṭha, Bhṛgu, Nārada, Cyavana, Gālava, Vāmadeva—arrive or sit in serene council; the river glints behind, with sacrificial fires and deer nearby.
FAQs
Association with a tīrtha is validated by the presence of realized sages, indicating the place’s power to support tapas, japa, and dharma.
The same supreme Revākhaṇḍa tīrtha of Adhyāya 146, portrayed as visited by eminent ṛṣis.
None stated directly; the verse continues the catalog of revered visitors to the tīrtha.