Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 72
भृग्वत्रिगार्गेयवशिष्ठकङ्काः शतैः समेतैर्नियतास्त्वसंख्यैः । सिद्धिं परां ते हि जलप्लुताङ्गाः प्राप्तास्तु लोकान्मरुतां न चान्ये
bhṛgvatrigārgeyavaśiṣṭhakaṅkāḥ śataiḥ sametairniyatāstvasaṃkhyaiḥ | siddhiṃ parāṃ te hi jalaplutāṅgāḥ prāptāstu lokānmarutāṃ na cānye
भृगु, अत्रि, गार्गेय, वशिष्ठ आणि कंक—यांनी आणि त्यांच्यासह असंख्य संयमी ऋषींनी त्या पवित्र जलात स्नान करून परम सिद्धि प्राप्त केली आणि मरुतांचे लोक मिळवले, इतरांनी नाही.
Unspecified (contextual narrator within Revā Khaṇḍa)
Tirtha: Revā/Narmadā-jala
Type: kund
Scene: A procession of luminous sages—Bhṛgu, Atri, Gārgya, Vasiṣṭha, Kaṅka—enter the Narmadā, bodies half-submerged, hands in añjali; above them appear the Marut worlds as radiant, wind-swept celestial realms.
FAQs
Purity through disciplined observance and holy immersion is portrayed as a direct cause of supreme spiritual attainment.
By Revā Khaṇḍa context, the sacred waters are those of the Narmadā (Revā).
Snāna/immersion (jala-pluta-aṅga) undertaken with niyama (discipline) is emphasized.