Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 35
प्रविष्टस्तु वने कण्वस्तृषार्तः श्रमपीडितः । स्नातो रेवाजले पुण्ये सङ्गमे पापनाशने
praviṣṭastu vane kaṇvastṛṣārtaḥ śramapīḍitaḥ | snāto revājale puṇye saṅgame pāpanāśane
ಆ ಅರಣ್ಯಕ್ಕೆ ಪ್ರವೇಶಿಸಿದ ಕಣ್ವನು ತೃಷೆಯಿಂದ ಕಾತರನಾಗಿ, ಶ್ರಮದಿಂದ ಪೀಡಿತನಾಗಿದ್ದನು; ಆಗ ಪಾಪನಾಶಕವಾದ ಆ ಪುಣ್ಯ ಸಂಗಮದಲ್ಲಿ ರೇವಾ ನದಿಯ ಪವಿತ್ರ ಜಲದಲ್ಲಿ ಸ್ನಾನಮಾಡಿದನು।
Mārkaṇḍeya
Tirtha: Revā-saṅgama
Type: sangam
Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira
Scene: Kaṇva, travel-worn and thirsty, reaches a luminous river confluence; he steps into the Revā’s holy waters, hands joined in reverence, the meeting currents forming a bright, auspicious swirl.
FAQs
Sacred bathing at a tīrtha-saṅgama is presented as a powerful means of purification and the removal of sin.
The Revā (Narmadā) confluence at Urisaṅgama, explicitly praised as “pāpa-nāśana” (destroyer of sins).
Snāna (ritual bathing) in the holy waters of the Revā at the saṅgama.
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