Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 16
तवाग्रे वपनं देव कारयन्ति नरा भुवि । स्वामिंस्तेषां वरो देय एष मे परमो वरः
tavāgre vapanaṃ deva kārayanti narā bhuvi | svāmiṃsteṣāṃ varo deya eṣa me paramo varaḥ
Ô Dieu, les hommes sur terre qui font accomplir la tonsure devant Toi, ô Maître, qu’un bienfait leur soit accordé : telle est ma grâce suprême.
Brāhmaṇa
Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (contextual)
Type: ghat
Listener: King (rājendra) in the surrounding narrative frame
Scene: A pilgrim sits near a shrine by the river; a barber performs tonsure while the pilgrim holds a water-pot and flowers; the deity’s image is visible, and attendants prepare offerings.
FAQs
The devotee’s greatest wish is the welfare of other pilgrims—seeking blessings for those who perform humble rites in the Lord’s presence.
The rite is implied to be performed at the Lord’s shrine established on the Narmadā’s bank in the Revā Khaṇḍa narrative.
Vapana (tonsure/shaving) performed before the deity as a pilgrimage rite, with a prayer that such performers receive divine boons.