Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 64
हतं तैः पावके सर्वं रेवाया उत्तरे तटे । विमानस्थास्तदा दृष्टा ब्राह्मणैस्ते युधिष्ठिर
hataṃ taiḥ pāvake sarvaṃ revāyā uttare taṭe | vimānasthāstadā dṛṣṭā brāhmaṇaiste yudhiṣṭhira
โอ้ยุธิษฐิระ—ณ ฝั่งเหนือแห่งเรวา สรรพสิ่งถูกไฟเผาผลาญเพราะพวกเขา; แล้วเหล่าพราหมณ์ก็ได้เห็นพวกเขา (ผู้แปรสภาพแล้ว) ประทับอยู่บนวิมานทิพย์
Unnamed Purāṇic narrator (contextual speaker within Revā Khaṇḍa, addressing Yudhiṣṭhira)
Tirtha: Revā uttara-taṭa (contextual)
Type: ghat
Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira (explicitly addressed)
Scene: On the northern riverbank, a sudden blaze sweeps through offerings/impurities; brāhmaṇas look on in astonishment as luminous beings appear seated in celestial vimānas above the bank, the river reflecting firelight and gold.
FAQs
Contact with a powerful tīrtha can transmute the consequences of sin and raise beings toward heavenly states symbolized by vimānas.
The Revā (Narmadā) riverbank setting, within the Ravitīrtha context of Revā Khaṇḍa.
No explicit rite is stated; the verse narrates a miraculous consequence witnessed by brāhmaṇas.