Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 116
प्राप्नोति ज्ञानमीशानान्मोक्षं प्राप्नोति केशवात् । नीलं रक्तं तदभवन्मेचकं यद्धि सूत्रकम्
prāpnoti jñānamīśānānmokṣaṃ prāpnoti keśavāt | nīlaṃ raktaṃ tadabhavanmecakaṃ yaddhi sūtrakam
ईशानापासून ज्ञान प्राप्त होते आणि केशवापासून मोक्ष मिळतो. जे सूत निळे व लाल होते ते गडद मेघश्याम वर्णाचे झाले.
Mārkaṇḍeya (narrating; inferred)
Tirtha: Amaraparvata / Revā-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Bhārata
Scene: A symbolic close-up: a cord/thread (or rope) once blue and red now appears deep cloud-dark; behind it, a serene vision of Īśāna (Śiva aspect) and Keśava (Viṣṇu) as complementary sources—knowledge and liberation—while the pilgrim stands in quiet awe.
FAQs
The Purāṇa honors complementary grace: Śiva as bestower of knowledge and Viṣṇu as bestower of liberation.
The verse supports the Śuklatīrtha māhātmya sequence on the Narmadā in the Revā Khaṇḍa.
No direct prescription; it conveys doctrine (jñāna/mokṣa) and symbolic imagery (the cord’s color change).