Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 5
पुत्रार्थी स्नापयेद्भक्त्या स लभेत्पुत्रमीप्सितम् । तत्र तीर्थे तु यः स्नात्वा दद्याद्विप्राय काञ्चनम्
putrārthī snāpayedbhaktyā sa labhetputramīpsitam | tatra tīrthe tu yaḥ snātvā dadyādviprāya kāñcanam
ผู้ใดปรารถนาบุตร พึงอาบน้ำพิธี (อภิเษก) แด่พระภฤกุเฏศะด้วยศรัทธาภักดี ผู้นั้นย่อมได้บุตรดังปรารถนา และผู้ใดอาบน้ำ ณ ตีรถะนั้นแล้วถวายทองแก่พราหมณ์…
Unspecified in snippet (contextual narrator within Revā Khaṇḍa; likely Mārkaṇḍeya)
Tirtha: Bhṛkuṭeśa-tīrtha (Revā-kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A putrārthī devotee performs ceremonial bathing/abhiṣeka for Bhṛkuṭeśa near the Revā; afterward he offers gold to a seated brāhmaṇa on the riverbank amid pilgrims and ritual vessels.
FAQs
Devotion expressed through abhiṣeka, tīrtha-snānā, and dāna aligns personal desires with dharmic action and divine grace.
The Bhṛkuṭeśa-associated Revā tīrtha is implied as the locus for bathing, worship, and charity.
Abhiṣeka/ceremonial bathing of the deity with devotion, bathing at the tīrtha, and gifting gold to a brāhmaṇa.