Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 105
रेवायाः पञ्चमो भागः सोज्जयिन्याः प्रकीर्तितः । षष्ठः कल्पो नागरश्च तीर्थमाहात्म्यसूचकः
revāyāḥ pañcamo bhāgaḥ sojjayinyāḥ prakīrtitaḥ | ṣaṣṭhaḥ kalpo nāgaraśca tīrthamāhātmyasūcakaḥ
ஐந்தாம் பகுதி ரேவா (நர்மதா) மற்றும் உஜ்ஜயினியுடன் தொடர்புடையதாகப் போற்றப்படுகிறது; ஆறாம் பகுதி ‘நாகர கல்பம்’, அது தீர்த்தங்களின் மாஹாத்ம்யத்தைச் சுட்டுகிறது।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) / Ujjayinī
Type: river
Scene: A paired geography: flowing Narmadā with pilgrims on ghāṭas and forested banks, and the skyline of Ujjain with Mahākāla temple imagery; a manuscript caption indicates this as the ‘fifth part’.
FAQs
Pilgrimage tradition is systematized: sacred rivers, cities, and tīrthas are celebrated as Dharma-bearing landscapes.
Revā/Narmadā and Ujjayinī (Ujjain) are named as major māhātmya domains; the verse also signals broader tīrtha-glorification.
No explicit rite is stated; the mention of a ‘Kalpa’ implies ritual/observance frameworks associated with tīrthas.