Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 22
ऊचुस्ते तु समूहेन ब्राह्मणांस्तपसि स्थितान् । अस्माकं स्वामिनः सर्वे तिष्ठन्ते तीर्थमध्यतः । ते प्रस्थाप्या महाभागाः सर्वथैव त्वरान्विताः
ūcuste tu samūhena brāhmaṇāṃstapasi sthitān | asmākaṃ svāminaḥ sarve tiṣṭhante tīrthamadhyataḥ | te prasthāpyā mahābhāgāḥ sarvathaiva tvarānvitāḥ
പിന്നീട് അവർ കൂട്ടമായി തപസ്സിൽ നിലകൊണ്ടിരുന്ന ബ്രാഹ്മണരോട് പറഞ്ഞു— “ഞങ്ങളുടെ സ്വാമികൾ എല്ലാവരും തീർത്ഥത്തിന്റെ മദ്ധ്യത്തിൽ നിൽക്കുന്നു. ഹേ മഹാഭാഗ്യവാന്മാരേ, നിങ്ങൾ ഏതു വിധേനയും വേഗത്തിൽ അവിടെ പോകണം.”
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) [deduced]
Tirtha: Revā/Narmadā tīrtha (tīrtha-madhya)
Type: ghat
Listener: Bhārata
Scene: A group of messengers or attendants address seated brāhmaṇas in tapas; their hands folded yet urgent, pointing toward the river’s center where their masters wait.
FAQs
The ‘center of the tīrtha’ symbolizes the heart of sanctity—seekers are summoned to move from periphery to direct encounter with the sacred.
The tīrtha connected with Ādityeśvara in the Revā Khaṇḍa, emphasized as having a powerful ‘middle’ or central sanctum.
No explicit ritual is prescribed; brāhmaṇas ‘in tapas’ are referenced, indicating austerity as an ongoing religious discipline.
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