Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 8
समर्था ये न पश्यन्ति रेवां पुण्यजलां नदीम् । एतस्मात्कारणाद्राजन्हसितो लोकशासनः
samarthā ye na paśyanti revāṃ puṇyajalāṃ nadīm | etasmātkāraṇādrājanhasito lokaśāsanaḥ
Wahai Raja, kerana mereka yang berupaya namun masih tidak menatap Revā, sungai berair suci, maka Yama, pemerintah sekalian alam, pun tertawa.
Narrator addressing the King (with Yama referenced as loka-śāsana)
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) darśana-tīrtha; Yama-hāseśvara vicinity
Type: kshetra
Listener: Rājā (king addressed as rājan/rājendra)
Scene: A king listens as the narrator describes Yama, ‘ruler of worlds,’ laughing at those who could have seen the holy Revā yet did not; the river glows as a ribbon of sanctity beside a forested bank.
FAQs
When a supreme tīrtha is available, failing to seek it is portrayed as spiritually absurd—hence Yama’s laughter.
Revā/Narmadā river.
Implied: make pilgrimage for Revā-darśana (and by extension, Revā-snana).