Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 4
पार्वत्युवाच । कथयस्व महादेव तीर्थं परमशोभनम् । भ्रूणहत्याहरं कस्मात्कामदं स्वर्गदर्शनम्
pārvatyuvāca | kathayasva mahādeva tīrthaṃ paramaśobhanam | bhrūṇahatyāharaṃ kasmātkāmadaṃ svargadarśanam
पार्वती म्हणाल्या—हे महादेव, त्या परम शोभन तीर्थाचे वर्णन करा; ते भ्रूणहत्येचे पाप कसे हरते, मनोकामना कशी देते आणि स्वर्गदर्शन कसे घडवते?
Pārvatī
Type: ghat
Listener: Mahādeva (Śiva)
Scene: Pārvatī, attentive and earnest, asks Mahādeva to explain how the tīrtha grants such powerful fruits; Śiva sits composed, ready to detail the rationale and rite; the Revā glimmers nearby.
FAQs
Authentic dharma-knowledge grows through humble inquiry; the Devī seeks the cause (kasmāt) behind tīrtha-power.
The same unnamed, “supremely splendid” Revā-north-bank tīrtha introduced by Śiva.
No explicit prescription; it requests the explanatory māhātmya (glory and rationale) of the tīrtha.