Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 3
तदाप्रभृति तत्तीर्थं दशकन्येति विश्रुतम् । सर्वपापहरं पुण्यमक्षयं कीर्तितं फलम्
tadāprabhṛti tattīrthaṃ daśakanyeti viśrutam | sarvapāpaharaṃ puṇyamakṣayaṃ kīrtitaṃ phalam
అప్పటినుంచి ఆ తీర్థం ‘దశకన్యా’ అని ప్రసిద్ధి పొందింది. అది సర్వపాపహరమైన పుణ్యతీర్థం; దాని ఫలం అక్షయమని కీర్తించబడింది.
Deductive (Revā Khaṇḍa narrative voice; likely Mārkaṇḍeya continuing the tīrtha-māhātmya)
Tirtha: Daśakanyā-tīrtha
Type: ghat
Listener: King
Scene: A timeless river-ford with an inscribed or orally proclaimed name ‘Daśakanyā’; devotees bathe and offer water, while sages recite its akṣaya-phala praise.
FAQs
A tīrtha becomes spiritually potent through sacred history, and its remembered glory yields imperishable merit.
Daśakanyā-tīrtha, within the Revā Khaṇḍa sacred landscape (Narmadā/Revā region).
No specific act is stated here; the verse chiefly declares the tīrtha’s fame and sin-destroying power.