Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 36
वाराहं रूपमास्थाय उद्धृता धरणी विभो । पुण्यात्पुण्यतमा तेन ह्यशेषाघौघनाशिनी
vārāhaṃ rūpamāsthāya uddhṛtā dharaṇī vibho | puṇyātpuṇyatamā tena hyaśeṣāghaughanāśinī
हे विभो! वराह-रूप धारण करून आपण पृथ्वीचा उद्धार केला; म्हणून हे तीर्थ/पुण्य सर्व पुण्यांमध्ये परम पवित्र असून सर्व पापसमूहाचा निःशेष नाश करते।
Śiva (deduced from adhyāya context)
Tirtha: Pañca-Varāha
Type: kshetra
Scene: Viṣṇu as Varāha rises from cosmic waters holding Bhū-devī aloft; below, the Pañca-Varāha tīrtha glows as a sin-destroying sanctuary, with devotees witnessing the cosmic memory made present.
FAQs
The avatāra myth grounds the tīrtha’s greatness: divine rescue of the world becomes a model for the devotee’s purification.
The Pañca-Varāha sacred complex within the Revā (Narmadā) region, whose holiness is tied to the Varāha avatāra.
No specific rite is stated; the verse explains the theological basis for the site’s exceptional sin-destroying merit.