Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 18
तत्र तीर्थे नरो भक्त्या गत्वा स्नानं समाचरेत् । तर्पयेत्पितृदेवांश्च सोऽग्निष्टोमफलं लभेत्
tatra tīrthe naro bhaktyā gatvā snānaṃ samācaret | tarpayetpitṛdevāṃśca so'gniṣṭomaphalaṃ labhet
اُس تیرتھ پر آدمی کو بھکتی کے ساتھ جا کر اشنان کرنا چاہیے اور پِتروں اور دیوتاؤں کو ترپن دینا چاہیے؛ یوں وہ اگنِشٹوم یَجّیہ کا پھل پاتا ہے۔
Śaṅkara (Śiva) (deduced from the adhyāya’s flow; explicit in v.20)
Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (contextual)
Type: ghat
Listener: King (rājendra)
Scene: Pilgrims enter the river at a ford, pour water through cupped hands for tarpana, with kusa grass and a small plate of sesame; priests guide the sequence; the sun is rising.
FAQs
Devotional pilgrimage and simple rites at a tīrtha can confer merits comparable to major Vedic sacrifices.
A particular tīrtha in the Revā Khaṇḍa (Narmadā sacred geography) praised in Adhyāya 34.
Snāna (sacred bathing) and tarpaṇa (libations) to pitṛs and devas at the tīrtha.