Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 12
वासुकिरुवाच । यदि तुष्टोऽसि मे देव वरं दास्यसि शङ्कर । प्रसादात्तव देवेश भूयान्निष्पापता मम । तीर्थं किंचित्समाख्याहि सर्वपापप्रणाशनम्
vāsukiruvāca | yadi tuṣṭo'si me deva varaṃ dāsyasi śaṅkara | prasādāttava deveśa bhūyānniṣpāpatā mama | tīrthaṃ kiṃcitsamākhyāhi sarvapāpapraṇāśanam
वासुकी म्हणाला—हे देवा! तू माझ्यावर प्रसन्न असशील, हे शंकर, आणि मला वर देशील, तर हे देवेश! तुझ्या कृपेने माझी निष्पापता अधिकाधिक वाढो. सर्व पापांचा नाश करणारे एखादे तीर्थ मला सांग.
Vāsuki
Tirtha: (Requested) Sarva-pāpa-praṇāśana tīrtha—identified in following verses as Revā/Narmadā context
Type: kshetra
Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira (implied by later address in the passage)
Scene: Vāsuki, reverently folded hands, petitions Śaṅkara for a sin-destroying tīrtha; Śiva is seated in serene authority, granting guidance.
FAQs
The highest boon is not mere power but purification—seeking a means to destroy sin and live in alignment with dharma.
A sin-destroying tīrtha is requested; the following verse identifies Revā (Narmadā) and her sacred bank as the answer.
The request is for a tīrtha-based means of purification; the explicit prescription (snāna at Revā’s bank) appears in the next shloka.