Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 39
स्नात्वा तत्र महातीर्थे लुठमानो व्रजेन्नरः । पापकर्मान्यतो याति धर्मकर्मा व्रजेन्नदीम्
snātvā tatra mahātīrthe luṭhamāno vrajennaraḥ | pāpakarmānyato yāti dharmakarmā vrajennadīm
اس مہاتیَرْتھ میں اشنان کرکے آدمی وہاں بھکتی سے لوٹتا ہوا آگے بڑھے۔ اس کے پاپ کرم دوسری سمت چلے جاتے ہیں، اور وہ دھرم کرم میں لگ جاتا ہے؛ پھر وہ ندی کی طرف جائے۔
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced from Purāṇic mahātmya style in Revākhaṇḍa)
Tirtha: Mahā-tīrtha on Revā (unnamed here)
Type: ghat
Listener: Pilgrim/king as instructed audience
Scene: A pilgrim emerges from a sacred ford, wet hair and folded hands, then performs luṭhana (rolling/prostration) on the sandy bank; in the distance the river glitters, with other pilgrims moving in procession.
FAQs
Devotional pilgrimage—especially tīrtha-snānā—transforms the pilgrim from pāpa-oriented conduct to dharma-oriented conduct.
A “mahātīrtha” in the Revā Khaṇḍa context—connected to the Revā/Narmadā sacred landscape.
Bathing at the tīrtha and proceeding with humble devotion (luṭhana), then approaching the river.