Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 47
संसारगह्वरगुहां प्रविहातुमेतां चेदिच्छथ प्रतिपदं भवतापखिन्नाः । नानाविधैर्निजकृतैर्बहुकर्मपाशैर्बद्धाः सुखाय शृणुतैकहितं मयोक्तम्
saṃsāragahvaraguhāṃ pravihātumetāṃ cedicchatha pratipadaṃ bhavatāpakhinnāḥ | nānāvidhairnijakṛtairbahukarmapāśairbaddhāḥ sukhāya śṛṇutaikahitaṃ mayoktam
जर तुम्ही प्रत्येक पावलावर संसारतापाने खिन्न होऊन या गहन संसार-गुहेतून बाहेर पडू इच्छित असाल—जरी स्वतःच्या नानाविध कृत कर्मांच्या अनेक पाशांनी बांधलेले असाल—तरी तुमच्या हित व शांतीसाठी मी सांगितलेला हा एकच हितोपदेश ऐका।
Deductively: Skanda (in Revā Khaṇḍa instructional discourse)
Tirtha: Revā-khaṇḍa (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A weary pilgrim-king (or audience) is shown metaphorically at the mouth of a dark cavern labeled ‘saṃsāra,’ entangled by many rope-nooses; the teacher’s words appear as a single bright path/torch leading out.
FAQs
Freedom from saṃsāra begins by heeding a single, focused spiritual instruction that cuts through the bonds of self-made karma.
The Revā-tīra (banks of the Revā/Narmadā) within the Revā Khaṇḍa of the Āvantya Khaṇḍa.
No specific rite is named here; it introduces an imminent core teaching meant to bring welfare and peace.