Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 7
यावत्पुण्यं फलं संख्या दीपकानां तथैव च । तावद्युगसहस्राणि शिवलोके महीयते
yāvatpuṇyaṃ phalaṃ saṃkhyā dīpakānāṃ tathaiva ca | tāvadyugasahasrāṇi śivaloke mahīyate
പുണ്യഫലത്തിന്റെ അളവും അർപ്പിച്ച ദീപങ്ങളുടെ എണ്ണവും എത്രയോ, അത്ര സഹസ്രയുഗങ്ങൾ ശിവലോകത്തിൽ അവൻ മഹിമിക്കപ്പെടുന്നു।
Mārkaṇḍeya (contextual, Revā Khaṇḍa narration)
Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (contextual)
Type: ghat
Listener: King
Scene: A visionary tableau: countless lamps offered at the river ghat transform into celestial lights; the devotee is welcomed in Śiva-loka, honored for yuga-thousands, with attendants and radiant aura.
FAQs
Even a simple offering like a lamp, when done at a sacred Śaiva tīrtha with devotion, yields vast and enduring merit.
A Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha within the Revā Khaṇḍa of the Āvantya Khaṇḍa.
Dīpa-dāna—offering lamps as a pious act whose merit is praised.