Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 57
तत्र तीर्थे पुनर्वृत्तमितिहासं ब्रवीमि ते । सर्वपापहरं दिव्यमेकाग्रस्त्वं शृणुष्व तत्
tatra tīrthe punarvṛttamitihāsaṃ bravīmi te | sarvapāpaharaṃ divyamekāgrastvaṃ śṛṇuṣva tat
Mengenai tīrtha itu, akan kuceritakan kepadamu suatu kisah purba yang kembali terjadi di sana. Ia bersifat ilahi dan menghapus segala dosa—dengarkanlah dengan tumpuan hati yang satu.
Narrator (Purāṇic storyteller voice within Revā Khaṇḍa)
Tirtha: Bhārabhūti
Type: ghat
Scene: A narrator-sage addressing an attentive listener at the riverbank; the tīrtha visible behind them; a subtle divine glow around the spoken words, suggesting ‘divyam’ and ‘sarvapāpaharam’.
FAQs
Śravaṇa (devout listening) to tīrtha-māhātmya is itself purifying and is presented as a means to remove sins.
The tīrtha just named Bhārabhūti is the setting for the narrated itihāsa.
A devotional discipline is implied: ekāgratā (focused attention) while listening to the sacred account.