Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 69
दृष्ट्वा जनपदं तत्र तां भार्यां शबरोऽब्रवीत् । गच्छ पृच्छस्व किमपि किमद्य स्नानकारणम्
dṛṣṭvā janapadaṃ tatra tāṃ bhāryāṃ śabaro'bravīt | gaccha pṛcchasva kimapi kimadya snānakāraṇam
وہاں آبادی دیکھ کر شَبَر نے اپنی بیوی سے کہا: “جاؤ اور اُن سے پوچھ آؤ—آج کیا ہے، اور لوگ کس سبب سے اشنان کر رہے ہیں؟”
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Revā Khaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Revā-taṭa janapada-tīrtha (unnamed)
Type: ghat
Scene: A Śabara couple at the edge of a bustling riverside settlement; the husband points toward the crowd at the ghāṭ while speaking; the wife prepares to approach the locals to ask about the day’s bathing occasion.
FAQs
Seek the dharmic reason behind sacred public practices; inquiry leads to understanding vrata and tīrtha merit.
The Revā region (Narmadā sphere) within the Revā Khaṇḍa’s sacred geography.
Snāna (ritual bathing) is noted, and its auspicious cause is to be ascertained.