Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 57
धनुःसहस्रे द्वे क्रोशश्चतुःक्रोशं च योजनम् । एतद्योजनमानं ते कथितं भरतर्षभ
dhanuḥsahasre dve krośaścatuḥkrośaṃ ca yojanam | etadyojanamānaṃ te kathitaṃ bharatarṣabha
Dua ribu dhanu menjadi satu krośa, dan empat krośa menjadi satu yojana. Demikianlah ukuran yojana telah dijelaskan kepadamu, wahai yang termulia di antara keturunan Bharata.
Mārkaṇḍeya
Tirtha: Revā tīrtha-mārga (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira
Scene: A schematic map-like scroll shows a river route with marked intervals; the teacher indicates ‘2000 dhanu = 1 krośa’ and ‘4 krośa = 1 yojana’ to the king.
FAQs
Pilgrimage merit is often tied to distance and effort; therefore correct units uphold fairness and accuracy in dharmic accounting.
No single site is named here; it provides the baseline unit (yojana) used across Revā-region tīrtha descriptions.
None; it defines distance units: 2000 dhanus = 1 krośa, 4 krośas = 1 yojana.