Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 20
सोऽपि स्नात्वा विधानेन संतर्प्य पितृदेवताः । आमन्त्रयित्वा तत्तीर्थं कृतार्थश्च गृहं ययौ
so'pi snātvā vidhānena saṃtarpya pitṛdevatāḥ | āmantrayitvā tattīrthaṃ kṛtārthaśca gṛhaṃ yayau
तोही विधिपूर्वक स्नान करून पितृदेवतांना तर्पण देऊन संतुष्ट करून, त्या तीर्थाला नमस्कार करून निरोप घेत कृतार्थ होऊन घरी गेला।
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration)
Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (contextual)
Type: ghat
Scene: The yakṣa performs ritual bathing, then offers water oblations to pitṛs on the riverbank; afterward he salutes the tīrtha and departs, serene and fulfilled.
FAQs
A tīrtha-visit becomes complete when it includes disciplined snāna and gratitude toward the ancestors through tarpaṇa.
The adhyāya’s focal site is the Kāverī-saṅgama tīrtha.
Snāna ‘vidhānena’ (by rule) and pitṛ-tarpaṇa (satisfying the Pitṛs), followed by formally taking leave of the tīrtha.