Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 60
न क्वचित्पातकानां तु प्रवेशश्चात्र जायते । एवं संचित्य ते सर्वे पापिष्ठाश्च परस्परम्
na kvacitpātakānāṃ tu praveśaścātra jāyate | evaṃ saṃcitya te sarve pāpiṣṭhāśca parasparam
ഇവിടെ പാതകങ്ങൾക്ക് എവിടെയും പ്രവേശമില്ല. ഇങ്ങനെ ആ പാപിഷ്ഠർ എല്ലാവരും കൂടിച്ചേർന്ന് പരസ്പരം സംസാരിച്ചു.
Narrator (contextual purāṇic voice within Revā Khaṇḍa)
Tirtha: Narmadā (Revā) tīrtha
Type: ghat
Listener: null
Scene: Purified men gathered in a circle on the ghat, speaking quietly; the tīrtha depicted as a radiant boundary, with dark ‘sin’ figures unable to cross an invisible threshold.
FAQs
A true tīrtha is portrayed as a protected sacred space where sin cannot abide—intensifying faith in pilgrimage and purification.
The Narmadā/Revā tīrtha-kṣetra being described in the Revā Khaṇḍa.
None explicitly; it asserts the intrinsic sanctity (pāpāpraveśa) of the place.