Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 2
तत्र तीर्थे नरः स्नात्वा पूजयेद्देवमीश्वरम् । अयोनिजो महादेव यथा त्वं परमेश्वर
tatra tīrthe naraḥ snātvā pūjayeddevamīśvaram | ayonijo mahādeva yathā tvaṃ parameśvara
ആ തീർത്ഥത്തിൽ സ്നാനം ചെയ്ത് മനുഷ്യൻ ഈശ്വരനായ ദേവനെ പൂജിച്ച് ഇങ്ങനെ പ്രാർത്ഥിക്കണം— “ഹേ അയോനിജ മഹാദേവാ! നീ പരമേശ്വരൻ…”
Mārkaṇḍeya (instructing the king)
Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (contextual)
Type: ghat
Scene: A pilgrim at a riverbank tīrtha completes a ritual bath, then approaches a simple Śiva-liṅga shrine, hands folded, uttering a stuti to Mahādeva as Ayonija.
FAQs
Liberation-themed tīrtha practice is grounded in Śaiva theology: the worshipper contemplates Śiva as the unborn, transcendent source.
The same Ayonija Tīrtha introduced in Adhyāya 126.
Snāna at the tīrtha followed by pūjā of Īśvara (Śiva) with a stated devotional formula.