Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 8
पुनर्भूत्वा तु पूतस्त्वं दारुको नाम विश्रुतः । संसेव्य परमं देवं शङ्खचक्रगदाधरम्
punarbhūtvā tu pūtastvaṃ dāruko nāma viśrutaḥ | saṃsevya paramaṃ devaṃ śaṅkhacakragadādharam
پھر دوبارہ جنم لے کر، پاکیزہ ہو کر، تو ‘دارُک’ نام سے مشہور ہوگا؛ اور شَنکھ، چکر اور گدا دھارن کرنے والے پرم دیو کی بھکتی سے سیوا کر کے تو آگے بڑھتا جائے گا۔
Indra (instruction quoted within Mārkaṇḍeya’s narration)
Tirtha: Revā/Narmadā (contextual)
Type: river
Listener: A king (explicitly addressed later as 'O King')
Scene: Indra’s prophetic blessing: a purified being destined to be reborn as the renowned Dāruka, shown in reverent posture while a radiant Viṣṇu with conch, discus, and mace appears as the goal of service.
FAQs
Purification through sacred place and devotion culminates in bhakti to the Supreme, showing harmony of tīrtha and deity-worship.
Implicitly the Revā/Narmadā setting that enables purification, though the verse emphasizes the post-rebirth path of devotion.
Devoted service/worship (saṃsevā) of Viṣṇu, identified by the conch, discus, and mace.