Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 21
देवतीर्थस्य निखिला यथा वै शङ्कराच्छ्रुता । पठन्ति ये पापहरं सर्वदुःखविमोचनम्
devatīrthasya nikhilā yathā vai śaṅkarācchrutā | paṭhanti ye pāpaharaṃ sarvaduḥkhavimocanam
جو کوئی دیوتیرتھ کا یہ پورا بیان—جیسا کہ شنکر سے سنا گیا—پڑھتا ہے، وہ تلاوت گناہوں کو مٹانے والی اور ہر غم سے نجات دینے والی بن جاتی ہے۔
Narrator (contextual; likely Mārkaṇḍeya continuing the tīrtha-māhātmya narrative)
Tirtha: Devatīrtha
Type: kshetra
Scene: A circle of pilgrims seated on a riverbank listens to a reciter chanting Devatīrtha’s narrative; above them, a subtle form of Śaṅkara/Śiva as the ultimate source blesses the assembly; dark clouds of sorrow dissolve into light.
FAQs
Faithful recitation of a tīrtha’s sacred account, received through Śiva’s authority, purifies sin and alleviates suffering.
Devatīrtha, praised within the Revā Khaṇḍa’s sacred geography.
Pāṭha—recitation/reading of the Devatīrtha-māhātmya in full.