Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 121
स एवं तां मृदं नीत्वा मुक्त्वा तीरे तथोत्तरे । ददर्श भास्करं पश्चान्मन्त्रेणानेन चालभेत्
sa evaṃ tāṃ mṛdaṃ nītvā muktvā tīre tathottare | dadarśa bhāskaraṃ paścānmantreṇānena cālabhet
یوں وہ اس مقدّس مٹی کو لے کر شمالی کنارے کے گھاٹ پر رکھ کر چھوڑ دے، پھر سورج دیو کا درشن کرے؛ اس کے بعد اسی منتر سے چھوئے/نذر کرے۔
Narrator/instructional voice
Tirtha: Revā/Narmadā (uttara-tīra)
Type: ghat
Scene: A pilgrim carries a small lump of sacred clay, places it on the northern bank, then turns to behold the rising Sun and performs mantra-touch/offerings at the river’s edge.
FAQs
Tīrtha practice is a disciplined sequence—purification with sacred earth, reverent handling of it, and concluding with divine contemplation (Sūrya-darśana) and mantra.
The Narmadā/Revā northern bank context within the Bhāreśvara muktitīrtha episode.
A procedural vidhi: take mṛd with mantra, release/place it at the bank (uttara side), then perform Bhāskara (Sun) darśana and worship/touch with a mantra.