Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 46
सङ्गमे देवनद्याश्च शूलभेदे नृपोत्तम । द्विगुणं पादहीनं स्यात्करजासंगमे तथा
saṅgame devanadyāśca śūlabhede nṛpottama | dviguṇaṃ pādahīnaṃ syātkarajāsaṃgame tathā
دیوا ندی کے سنگم پر اور شُول بھید میں، اے بہترین بادشاہ، ثواب ‘دوگنا مگر پاؤ بھر کم’ ہو جاتا ہے؛ اور کرجا کے سنگم میں بھی یہی حکم ہے۔
Unspecified (Revā Khaṇḍa narrative voice, addressing Yudhiṣṭhira)
Tirtha: Devā-saṅgama; Śūlabheda; Karajā-saṅgama
Type: sangam
Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira
Scene: A royal pilgrim listens to a sage describing Revā’s confluences; the river forks into two streams meeting under a sacred tree, with small shrines marking Devā, Karajā, and the ominous ‘Śūlabheda’ rock cleft.
FAQs
Pilgrimage merit is described with nuanced gradations, underscoring the distinctive sanctity of each tīrtha on the Revā route.
The Devā-nadī confluence, Śūlabheda, and the Karajā confluence with Revā.
A specific merit-calculus: the fruit at these sites is stated as ‘twofold, diminished by a quarter’ (dviguṇa pāda-hīna).