Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 28
स वै सुखी मोदते स्वर्गलोके गन्धर्वसिद्धाप्सरःसम्प्रगीते । एवं तु ते धर्मसुत प्रभावस्तीर्थस्य सर्वः कथितश्च पार्थ
sa vai sukhī modate svargaloke gandharvasiddhāpsaraḥsampragīte | evaṃ tu te dharmasuta prabhāvastīrthasya sarvaḥ kathitaśca pārtha
En vérité, lui—heureux—se réjouit dans le monde céleste, retentissant des chants des Gandharvas, des Siddhas et des Apsaras. Ainsi, ô fils du Dharma, ô Pārtha, toute la grandeur du tīrtha t’a été exposée.
Mārkaṇḍeya (to Yudhiṣṭhira)
Tirtha: Revā-khaṇḍa tīrtha (name specified in preceding context; this verse is concluding phalaśruti)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira (Dharmasuta, Pārtha)
Scene: A devotee, radiant after tīrtha-merit, rejoices in Svarga amid celestial musicians—Gandharvas singing, Apsarases dancing, Siddhas praising—while the sage concludes the tīrtha’s greatness to the king.
FAQs
Pilgrimage merit and dharmic acts are celebrated as leading to heavenly joy and recognition of tīrtha power.
A tīrtha within the Revā Khaṇḍa narrative context; the verse functions as a summative praise of that tīrtha’s prabhāva.
No new rite; it concludes the stated tīrtha-glory and associated fruits.