Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 38
जिज्ञासार्थं तु यः कश्चिदात्मानं ज्ञातुमिच्छति । शुभाशुभं च यत्कर्म तस्य निष्ठामिमां शृणु
jijñāsārthaṃ tu yaḥ kaścidātmānaṃ jñātumicchati | śubhāśubhaṃ ca yatkarma tasya niṣṭhāmimāṃ śṛṇu
Mais si quelqu’un, en quête de vraie connaissance, veut connaître le Soi et discerner l’acte propice ou néfaste, qu’il écoute cette règle de conduite établie à cet effet.
Unspecified (didactic voice transitioning from ritual to philosophical discernment)
Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Seeker/king addressed as audience for instruction
Scene: A teacher addresses seekers: one figure gestures toward the heart (Self-knowledge), another holds palm-leaf scripture; the river and tīrtha landscape remain in the background, indicating learning within pilgrimage.
FAQs
True purification culminates in discernment—knowing the Self and distinguishing auspicious from inauspicious action.
While not naming a site directly, it continues Revākhaṇḍa’s tīrtha-teaching frame associated with Revā/Narmadā.
No specific rite is prescribed here; it introduces a niṣṭhā (disciplined observance) for self-knowledge and ethical discernment.