Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 23
यस्त्वर्चयेन्महादेवं तस्मिंस्तीर्थे युधिष्ठिर । स्नात्वाभ्यर्च्य पित्ःन् देवान् सोऽश्वमेधफलं लभेत्
yastvarcayenmahādevaṃ tasmiṃstīrthe yudhiṣṭhira | snātvābhyarcya pitḥn devān so'śvamedhaphalaṃ labhet
لیکن اے یُدھِشٹھِر! جو اس تیرتھ میں مہادیو کی ارچنا کرے—غسل کر کے پِتروں اور دیوتاؤں کی پوجا کرے—وہ اشومیدھ یَجْن کے برابر ثواب پاتا ہے۔
Mārkaṇḍeya (to Yudhiṣṭhira)
Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha with Mahādeva-arcana (unnamed)
Type: ghat
Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira
Scene: At a river ghat, the pilgrim completes snāna, then offers bilva leaves and water to a Śiva-liṅga; nearby, offerings are made to Pitṛs and Devas, while the narrator addresses Yudhiṣṭhira about Aśvamedha-equivalent merit.
FAQs
Devotion at a holy place can yield the same merit as grand royal sacrifices, making dharma accessible beyond kingship.
The Pattreśvara-associated tīrtha of the Revā Khaṇḍa, where Mahādeva worship grants Aśvamedha-like fruit.
Bathed first (snāna), then worship Mahādeva, and also perform reverence/worship for Pitṛs and Devas.