Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 93
किमु षड्विंशतिं पार्थ प्राप याः क्षणदाकरः । सोऽपि तीर्थमिदं प्राप्य तपस्तप्त्वा सुदुश्चरम्
kimu ṣaḍviṃśatiṃ pārtha prāpa yāḥ kṣaṇadākaraḥ | so'pi tīrthamidaṃ prāpya tapastaptvā suduścaram
హే పార్థా! రాత్రికరుడు పొందిన ఇరవై ఆరు (దోషాలు/పాపాలు) గురించి ఏమని చెప్పాలి? అతడుకూడా ఈ తీర్థాన్ని చేరి అత్యంత దుష్కరమైన తపస్సు చేసి శుద్ధుడయ్యాడు।
Vyāsa (deduced, addressing Pārtha/Yudhiṣṭhira context)
Tirtha: Somānātha/Prabhāsa tīrtha (implied)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira (addressed as Pārtha here)
Scene: A dark, formidable figure symbolizing the ‘night-maker’ arrives at the tīrtha, then performs severe austerities—standing in meditation, fasting—until a radiant purification aura surrounds him near the shrine/riverbank.
FAQs
Even heavy karmic burden can be relieved through reaching a sanctified tīrtha and undertaking sincere austerity.
The ‘this tīrtha’ of Revā Khaṇḍa, in a passage that is tying Soma’s story to Soma-nātha and its surrounding sacred geography.
Tapas (austerity) performed after reaching the tīrtha is highlighted as the means of purification.