Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 50
पुराणज्ञैर्महाभागैराज्यपैः सोमपैस्तथा । इत्येतत्सर्वमाख्यातं महाभाग्यं नरोत्तम
purāṇajñairmahābhāgairājyapaiḥ somapaistathā | ityetatsarvamākhyātaṃ mahābhāgyaṃ narottama
हे नरोत्तम! हे सर्व महाभाग्य पुराणज्ञ महाभागांनी, घृताहुती देणाऱ्यांनी आणि सोमपान करणाऱ्यांनीही असेच सांगितले आहे.
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic speaker) to Yudhiṣṭhira
Tirtha: Revā-mahātmya (as narrated)
Type: kshetra
Listener: naroत्तम (addressed as ‘best of men’)
Scene: A learned assembly: venerable Purāṇa-knowers and yajña-performers sit in a sabhā; the narrator concludes the account while the listener (‘naroत्तम’) bows, receiving the ‘mahābhāgya’ teaching.
FAQs
Sacred geography and tīrtha-māhātmya are preserved through authoritative lineages—Purāṇic learning and Vedic ritual culture together uphold dharma.
The Revā (Narmadā) māhātmya context continues; the verse highlights the authority of the narrators rather than a single spot.
No direct prescription; it references Soma rites and ājya offerings as markers of Vedic ritualists associated with this teaching.