Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 5
कार्त्तिक्यां तु विशेषेण वैशाख्यां च नरोत्तम । ब्रह्मविष्णुमहादेवान् स्नात्वा पश्यति तद्दिने
kārttikyāṃ tu viśeṣeṇa vaiśākhyāṃ ca narottama | brahmaviṣṇumahādevān snātvā paśyati taddine
اے بہترین انسان! خصوصاً ماہِ کارتک میں اور نیز ویشاکھ میں، اس تیرتھ پر اشنان کرکے، اسی دن برہما، وشنو اور مہادیو کے درشن ہوتے ہیں۔
Skanda (deduced: Skanda Purāṇa narrative voice within Revā-khaṇḍa)
Tirtha: Śuklatīrtha
Type: ghat
Listener: naroत्तम (addressed pilgrim/ideal listener)
Scene: A pilgrim at Śuklatīrtha bathes and then beholds a radiant triad—Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Mahādeva—appearing as a unified blessing on a Kārttika or Vaiśākha day.
FAQs
Sacred bathing at a tīrtha, especially in auspicious months, grants divine vision and accelerates purification.
The Revā-khaṇḍa context points to Śukla-tīrtha (named explicitly in later verses of this adhyāya).
Snāna (ritual bathing) during Kārttika and Vaiśākha.