Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 89
मासोपवासमुग्रं च षष्ठान्नं पञ्चमं व्रतम् । तत्र तीर्थे तु यः कुर्यात्सोऽक्षयां गतिमाप्नुयात्
māsopavāsamugraṃ ca ṣaṣṭhānnaṃ pañcamaṃ vratam | tatra tīrthe tu yaḥ kuryātso'kṣayāṃ gatimāpnuyāt
அந்த தீர்த்தத்தில் கடுமையான மாதோபவாசமும், ‘ஷஷ்டான்னம்’ (ஆறாம் நாளில் அன்னபோஜன நியமம்) மற்றும் ‘பஞ்சம’ விரதமும் யார் அனுஷ்டிப்பாரோ, அவர் அక్షயகதி—அழிவில்லா பரமபதம்—அடைவார்।
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Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (general)
Type: ghat
Scene: A pilgrim on the Narmadā bank performing austere vrata: simple leaf-plate meal on the sixth day, water-pot, kusa grass seat, river flowing with sacred calm; nearby a small shrine and ascetics witnessing.
FAQs
Austerity performed at a sanctified place yields enduring spiritual fruit—discipline becomes a bridge to the imperishable.
The verse refers to ‘that tīrtha’ within Revākhaṇḍa (Revā/Narmadā pilgrimage landscape), indicating the locale described in the surrounding passage.
Māsopavāsa (month-long fast), ṣaṣṭhānna regimen, and pañcama-vrata to be performed at the tīrtha.