Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 11
धर्मस्थितिं महाभागौ भक्तिं वानुत्तमां युवाम् । अजरो व्याधिरहितः पञ्चविंशतिवर्षवत् । अस्मिन्स्थाने सदा स्थेयं सह देवैरसंशयम्
dharmasthitiṃ mahābhāgau bhaktiṃ vānuttamāṃ yuvām | ajaro vyādhirahitaḥ pañcaviṃśativarṣavat | asminsthāne sadā stheyaṃ saha devairasaṃśayam
«Ô vous, grandement bénis, accordez la stabilité dans le dharma et la dévotion suprême. Que je sois sans vieillesse et sans maladie, comme ayant toujours vingt-cinq ans. Et puissiez-vous demeurer à jamais en ce lieu même, avec les dieux, sans nul doute».
Mārkaṇḍeya (narrating to Yudhiṣṭhira, inferred)
Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (asmin sthāna)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira
Scene: The devotee petitions for dharma and supreme devotion, and for freedom from disease and perpetual youth; the riverbank setting glows as if being consecrated by the request that the gods remain there forever.
FAQs
The highest aim is dharma grounded in supreme devotion; worldly well-being is sought only as support for spiritual life.
The specific ‘asmin sthāne’ on the Narmadā in Revā Khaṇḍa, where the deities are requested to remain installed and present.
No ritual act is prescribed; it is a formal vara-prārthanā (request for boons), including the request for deity’s continual presence at the site.