Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 3
मृतवत्सा तु या नारी वन्ध्या स्त्रीजननी तथा । पुत्रं सा लभते नारी शीलवन्तं गुणान्वितम्
mṛtavatsā tu yā nārī vandhyā strījananī tathā | putraṃ sā labhate nārī śīlavantaṃ guṇānvitam
جس عورت کا بچہ مر گیا ہو، جو بانجھ ہو، اور جو صرف بیٹیاں جنے—وہ عورت ایک بیٹا پاتی ہے، جو نیک سیرت اور اوصافِ حمیدہ سے آراستہ ہوتا ہے۔
Mārkaṇḍeya
Tirtha: Revā-saṅgama Devī-tīrtha (as implied by surrounding verses)
Type: sangam
Listener: nṛpa (king)
Scene: A sorrowing woman (child-loss/infertility) approaches a riverside Devī shrine; after ritual bathing she receives a blessing gesture from the Goddess, symbolized by a radiant child and auspicious emblems.
FAQs
The Devī’s tīrtha is praised as compassionate—removing grief and granting worthy progeny as a fruit of devotion.
The Devī-associated tīrtha introduced in Adhyāya 166 of Revā Khaṇḍa (not named in this verse).
No explicit procedure is stated here; it is a phalaśruti (promised result) connected to the Devī’s sacred site and worship described nearby.