Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 1
श्रीमार्कण्डेय उवाच । ततो गच्छेत्परं पुण्यं नर्मदादक्षिणे तटे । शक्रतीर्थं सुविख्यातमशेषाघविनाशनम्
śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca | tato gacchetparaṃ puṇyaṃ narmadādakṣiṇe taṭe | śakratīrthaṃ suvikhyātamaśeṣāghavināśanam
શ્રી માર્કંડેયે કહ્યું—ત્યારબાદ નર્મદાના દક્ષિણ કાંઠે આવેલ પરમ પવિત્ર શક્રતીર્થમાં જવું જોઈએ; તે સર્વત્ર પ્રસિદ્ધ અને સર્વ પાપનાશક છે।
Mārkaṇḍeya
Tirtha: Śakratīrtha
Type: ghat
Listener: A king (royal interlocutor)
Scene: Markandeya points out a luminous ford on the Narmadā’s southern bank; pilgrims approach with waterpots; a subtle celestial aura suggests Indra’s association; the river appears as a purifying ribbon.
FAQs
Pilgrimage to Narmadā tīrthas is presented as a direct purifier, with certain sites famed for comprehensive sin-destruction.
Śakratīrtha, located on the southern bank of the Narmadā.
The prescription is pilgrimage itself—‘one should go’ to Śakratīrtha as part of the Revā tīrtha circuit.
Read Skanda Purana in the Vedapath app
Scan the QR code to open this directly in the app, with audio, word-by-word meanings, and more.