Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 70
पर्वाणि यानि श्रूयन्ते किंस्वित्सूर्येन्दुसम्प्लवः । अयनं किं भवेदद्य किं वाक्षयतृतीयका
parvāṇi yāni śrūyante kiṃsvitsūryendusamplavaḥ | ayanaṃ kiṃ bhavedadya kiṃ vākṣayatṛtīyakā
“کیا یہ اُن مشہور پَوِتر پَرووں میں سے کوئی ہے؟ یا سورج اور چاند کا کوئی سنگم (سمپلو) ہے؟ آج اَیَن کا بدلاؤ ہے، یا کہیں کَشَیَ تِرتِیا تو نہیں؟”
Śabara (implied continuation from previous verse)
Tirtha: Revā-taṭa parva-kāla snāna (general)
Type: ghat
Scene: A questioning figure imagines celestial signs: sun and moon nearing conjunction, a dimmed sky hinting at eclipse; pilgrims at the river prepare for a special bath; a priest holds a pañcāṅga palm-leaf almanac.
FAQs
Dharma is practiced with awareness of sacred time (kāla); knowing tithi and parva guides proper vrata and snāna.
The Revā (Narmadā) milieu is the implied tīrtha-field where bathing gains meaning through sacred time.
It references determining the auspicious calendrical cause behind communal snāna—parva, ayana, or special tithi.