Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 7
पञ्चक्रोशप्रमाणं तु तच्च तीर्थं महीपते । भुक्तिमुक्तिप्रदं दिव्यं प्राणिनां पापकर्मिणाम्
pañcakrośapramāṇaṃ tu tacca tīrthaṃ mahīpate | bhuktimuktipradaṃ divyaṃ prāṇināṃ pāpakarmiṇām
اے مہاراج! وہ تیرتھ پانچ کروش کے پیمانے تک پھیلا ہوا ہے۔ یہ ایک الٰہی تیرتھ ہے جو گناہگار اعمال کے بوجھ تلے دبے جانداروں کو بھی بھوگ اور موکش—دونوں عطا کرتا ہے۔
Narrator (tīrtha-māhātmya voice within Revā Khaṇḍa; exact speaker not in snippet)
Type: kshetra
Listener: A king (mahīpate)
Scene: The sage describes a divine five-krośa sacred zone granting both enjoyment and liberation; the king is shown contemplating the vastness of the kṣetra.
FAQs
A truly potent tīrtha can uplift even the sinful, granting both prosperity in life and liberation beyond it.
A five-krośa region of a Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha later identified in this passage as the famed Śūlabheda.
No specific rite is stated here; the verse primarily declares the tīrtha’s salvific power.