Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 2
तत्र तीर्थे तु यः स्नात्वा पूजयेत्परमेश्वरम् । अश्वमेधस्य यज्ञस्य फलं प्राप्नोति मानवः
tatra tīrthe tu yaḥ snātvā pūjayetparameśvaram | aśvamedhasya yajñasya phalaṃ prāpnoti mānavaḥ
Quem se banhar nesse tīrtha e adorar Parameśvara alcança o mérito que se diz nascer do sacrifício do Aśvamedha.
Mārkaṇḍeya (deduced from immediate continuation into Adhyāya 153 where he speaks)
Tirtha: Bhārgaleśvara-tīrtha
Type: ghat
Listener: King
Scene: Pilgrim bathing at a river ford near a Śiva shrine, then offering bilva and lamps to the liṅga; the scene conveys ‘Aśvamedha-tulya’ grandeur through divine radiance rather than royal pomp.
FAQs
Pilgrimage becomes spiritually complete when tīrtha-snān (sacred bathing) is joined with devotion and worship of Śiva.
A tīrtha within the Revā Khaṇḍa (Narmadā/Revā sacred geography) is praised; the verse refers to “that tīrtha” described in the surrounding passage.
Bathing at the tīrtha followed by worship (pūjā) of Parameśvara (Śiva).