Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3
ईश्वर उवाच । शृणु देवि प्रवक्ष्यामि सावधाना वचो मम । माहात्म्यमृषितोयायाः सर्वपातकनाशनम्
īśvara uvāca | śṛṇu devi pravakṣyāmi sāvadhānā vaco mama | māhātmyamṛṣitoyāyāḥ sarvapātakanāśanam
Īśvara dit : Écoute, ô Devī ; je vais l’exposer—sois attentive à mes paroles—la grandeur de Ṛṣitoyā, qui anéantit tous les péchés.
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Ṛṣitoyā
Type: kund
Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Īśvara begins his discourse: a calm, authoritative teaching posture; Devī attentive, seated slightly lower, indicating śiṣya-bhāva; the aura of purification around the mention of Ṛṣitoyā.
FAQs
Sacred rivers and tīrthas are portrayed as instruments of purification when approached with faith and attentive listening to dharma-teaching.
Ṛṣitoyā—its māhātmya is explicitly introduced as ‘sarva-pātaka-nāśana’ (destroying all sins).
No specific rite is stated here; it serves as the narrative preface to the tīrtha’s sin-destroying power.