Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 40
एवं ज्ञात्वा तु विधिना वर्तितव्यं द्विजातिभिः । परं ब्रह्म जपद्भिश्च वार्तितव्यं मुहुर्मुहुः
evaṃ jñātvā tu vidhinā vartitavyaṃ dvijātibhiḥ | paraṃ brahma japadbhiśca vārtitavyaṃ muhurmuhuḥ
یہ جان کر دو بار جنم لینے والے شاستری طریقے کے مطابق برتاؤ کریں۔ اور جو پرم برہمن کا جپ کرتے ہیں وہ اسے بار بار، گھڑی گھڑی، دل میں دھیان اور تفکر کریں۔
Nandī (deduced)
Tirtha: Revā/Narmadā-tīra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A disciplined dvija seated on kuśa grass at the Narmadā bank, rosary in hand, eyes half-closed, repeatedly contemplating Parabrahman; the river flows quietly with a small Śiva-liṅga shrine nearby.
FAQs
Right knowledge must become right living; japa should be joined with continual remembrance and disciplined conduct.
The Revā/Narmadā context frames the instruction as part of tīrtha-dharma—how pilgrims and practitioners should live.
Japa of the Supreme Brahman is prescribed, along with vidhinā-vṛtti—conduct according to scriptural/ritual rule.