तदाप्रभृति तत्तीर्थं स्कन्दतीर्थमिति श्रुतम् । सर्वपापहरं पुण्यं मर्त्यानां भुवि दुर्लभम्
tadāprabhṛti tattīrthaṃ skandatīrthamiti śrutam | sarvapāpaharaṃ puṇyaṃ martyānāṃ bhuvi durlabham
اسی وقت سے وہ تیرتھ ‘اسکند تیرتھ’ کے نام سے مشہور ہوا۔ یہ نہایت مقدس ہے، تمام گناہوں کو دور کرنے والا ہے، اور زمین پر فانی انسانوں کے لیے نایاب ہے۔
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator, contextually Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa tradition)
Tirtha: Skanda-tīrtha
Type: ghat
Listener: A king (rājan/rājendra addressed)
Scene: A serene river-ford newly renowned as Skanda-tīrtha; pilgrims approach with folded hands, the atmosphere charged with sanctity and rarity.
Sacred places anchored in divine acts become powerful means of purification and merit for ordinary human beings.
Skanda-tīrtha, a revered tīrtha in the Revā Khaṇḍa (Narmadā/Revā sacred landscape).
Not yet; the verse establishes the tīrtha’s name and sin-destroying power, preparing for the next verse’s rites.