Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 1
श्रीमार्कण्डेय उवाच । ततो गच्छेत्तु राजेन्द्र नरदेश्वरमुत्तमम् । तीर्थानां परमं तीर्थं निर्मितं नारदेन तु
śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca | tato gacchettu rājendra naradeśvaramuttamam | tīrthānāṃ paramaṃ tīrthaṃ nirmitaṃ nāradena tu
ศรีมารกัณฑेयกล่าวว่า: “ต่อจากนั้น โอ้พระราชาผู้ประเสริฐ จงไปยังนรเทศวรอันสูงส่ง—เป็นทีรถะอันยอดยิ่งเหนือทีรถะทั้งปวง—ซึ่งพระนารทฤๅษีได้สถาปนาไว้”
Mārkaṇḍeya
Tirtha: Naradeśvara
Type: kshetra
Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira
Scene: Mārkaṇḍeya instructs Yudhiṣṭhira about a supreme ford named Naradeśvara; the Revā flows nearby, with a shrine/linga implied by the name ‘-īśvara’.
FAQs
Pilgrimage is framed as a guided spiritual journey through graded sacred sites, with certain tīrthas praised as preeminent due to saintly establishment.
Naradeśvara, declared ‘supreme among tīrthas’ and associated with the sage Nārada.
The prescription is pilgrimage/going (gacchet) to Naradeśvara as the next sacred destination.