Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 48
भारभूतेश्वरे तीर्थ उज्जहार जलाद्द्विजान् । मुक्त्वा भारं तु देवेन छादयित्वा तु तान्द्विजान्
bhārabhūteśvare tīrtha ujjahāra jalāddvijān | muktvā bhāraṃ tu devena chādayitvā tu tāndvijān
Di tirtha Bhārabhūteśvara, dia mengangkat para dwija (budak lelaki) itu dari air. Setelah melepaskan beban, Dewa kemudian melindungi para Brahmana itu.
Narrator
Tirtha: Bhārabhūteśvara tīrtha
Type: ghat
Listener: Not specified in excerpt
Scene: At the Bhārabhūteśvara tīrtha, Śiva lifts brāhmaṇa boys up from the water; after removing the ‘burden,’ he covers/protects them—like a divine guardian shielding the vulnerable.
FAQs
Śiva protects devotees and restores order, turning crisis into the revelation of a sacred tīrtha.
Bhārabhūteśvara Tīrtha on/near the Revā (Narmadā) is explicitly named.
No direct prescription; the verse establishes the tīrtha’s sanctity through Śiva’s salvific act.