Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 69
तत्र तीर्थे नरो भक्त्या स्नात्वा मन्त्रयुतं नृप । तर्पयित्वा पित्ःन् देवान् पूजयेच्च महेश्वरम्
tatra tīrthe naro bhaktyā snātvā mantrayutaṃ nṛpa | tarpayitvā pitḥn devān pūjayecca maheśvaram
அரசே! அந்த தீர்த்தத்தில் மனிதன் பக்தியுடன் மந்திரங்களோடு நீராடி, பித்ருக்களுக்கும் தேவர்களுக்கும் தர்ப்பணம் செய்து, மகேஸ்வரனை வழிபட வேண்டும்।
Narrator (addressing Nṛpa/King)
Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (contextual)
Type: ghat
Listener: King (nṛpa)
Scene: A pilgrim at a river ghat performs mantra-bath, then offers water-libations to pitṛs and devas, and finally worships a Śiva-liṅga with bilva leaves and lamps.
FAQs
Pilgrimage is completed through a dharmic sequence—devotional bathing, honoring ancestors and gods, and culminating in Śiva-worship.
The same Revā Khaṇḍa tīrtha connected with Pippalāda, where mantra-snān and Śiva-pūjā are praised.
Bhakti-snān with mantras, tarpaṇa to pitṛs and devas, and pūjā of Maheśvara.
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