Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 8
ईश्वर उवाच । यस्याग्रतो भवेद्ब्रह्मा विष्णुः शम्भुस्तथैव च । स्वर्गेण तस्य किं कार्यं स गतः किं करिष्यति
īśvara uvāca | yasyāgrato bhavedbrahmā viṣṇuḥ śambhustathaiva ca | svargeṇa tasya kiṃ kāryaṃ sa gataḥ kiṃ kariṣyati
ईश्वर म्हणाले—ज्याच्या समोर ब्रह्मा, विष्णू आणि शंभू प्रत्यक्ष उपस्थित आहेत, त्याला स्वर्गाची काय गरज? तो स्वर्गाला जाऊनही खरे तर काय साध्य करील?
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Śūlabheda (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Citrasena (king) and/or the immediate audience in the narrative frame
Scene: Īśvara speaks a contemplative teaching: before the devotee stand Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Śambhu; the king/listener is shown humbled, with svarga depicted as pale and distant compared to the radiant triad.
FAQs
Direct divine presence (darśana) is superior to heavenly reward; svarga is not the highest aim when God is attained.
The Revā Khaṇḍa setting is honored indirectly as the place enabling such darśana; no separate tīrtha name is stated here.
None; it is a theological valuation of darśana over svarga.