Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 61
अहोरात्रोषितो भूत्वा मुच्यते सर्वकिल्बिषैः । दानं च विधिवद्दत्त्वा यथाशक्त्या द्विजोत्तमे
ahorātroṣito bhūtvā mucyate sarvakilbiṣaiḥ | dānaṃ ca vidhivaddattvā yathāśaktyā dvijottame
वहाँ एक दिन-रात निवास करने से मनुष्य समस्त पापों से मुक्त हो जाता है। और यथाशक्ति श्रेष्ठ ब्राह्मण को विधिपूर्वक दान देकर—
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)
Tirtha: Amareśvara kṣetra (Revā bank)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Bhārata (addressed in adjacent verse)
Scene: Pilgrims camp on a riverbank ghat through day and night: daytime bathing and worship, nighttime lamp offerings; a respectful dāna scene where a pilgrim offers cloth/food/cowrie/coins to a seated learned brāhmaṇa near the Amareśvara shrine.
FAQs
Pilgrimage bears fruit when joined with disciplined conduct—staying with reverence and practicing dāna purifies the pilgrim.
Amareśvara and its tīrtha-region (within the Amarakanṭaka/Narmadā sacred landscape).
Ahorātra-vāsa (staying one day and night) and vidhivat dāna (proper charity) to a worthy dvijottama, according to one’s means.