Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 25
ततस्तदा देवपुरोगमो हरो गतो हि वै पुण्यमुनीश्वरैः सह । आगत्य तीर्थं च वरं ददौ तदा निजां कलां तत्र विमुच्य तीर्थे
tatastadā devapurogamo haro gato hi vai puṇyamunīśvaraiḥ saha | āgatya tīrthaṃ ca varaṃ dadau tadā nijāṃ kalāṃ tatra vimucya tīrthe
तेव्हा देवांच्या अग्रभागी असलेले हर (शिव) पुण्य मुनिश्रेष्ठांसह तेथे आले। येऊन त्यांनी वर दिला आणि त्या स्थळास परम तीर्थ म्हणून प्रतिष्ठित केले; तसेच आपल्या दिव्य कलांचा अंश त्या तीर्थात अर्पण केला।
Narrator (Purāṇic voice)
Tirtha: Kalākumbha/Kumbheśvara-tīrtha (consecrated ford)
Type: ghat
Scene: Śiva (Hara) arrives in procession—devas in front, great sages around—reaching the river-ford; he grants a boon and releases a radiant portion of his power into the tīrtha, causing the place to glow with sacred brilliance.
FAQs
A tīrtha’s greatness is not symbolic alone—Purāṇic theology treats it as empowered by divine presence and grace (an infused kalā).
The Revā-associated tīrtha of this chapter’s narrative (Kapitīrtha/Hanūmanteśvara context), elevated by Śiva’s boon and potency.
No direct ritual command; it describes divine consecration as the source of the tīrtha’s efficacy.