Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 28
रुद्राष्टकं च सावित्रं सोमतीर्थं तथैव च । एतानि दक्षिणे तीरे रेवाया भरतर्षभ
rudrāṣṭakaṃ ca sāvitraṃ somatīrthaṃ tathaiva ca | etāni dakṣiṇe tīre revāyā bharatarṣabha
રુદ્રાષ્ટક, સાવિત્ર અને સોમતીર્થ—આ બધાં રેવા નદીના દક્ષિણ તીરે છે, હે ભરતશ્રેષ્ઠ.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Rudrāṣṭaka; Sāvitra; Soma-tīrtha
Type: ghat
Listener: null
Scene: Three adjacent shrines/markers on the south bank: an eight-fold Rudra emblem for Rudrāṣṭaka, a rising sun disc for Sāvitra, and a crescent moon over a small kunda for Soma-tīrtha; pilgrims bathe at ghāṭ steps with offerings.
FAQs
The Purāṇa sanctifies both banks of the river, teaching that dharma is supported by knowing and honoring the tīrtha-network.
Rudrāṣṭaka, Sāvitra, and Soma-tīrtha on the southern bank of the Revā (Narmadā).
No explicit rite is stated; the verse is primarily topographical, pointing to the southern-bank sacred places.