Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 11
तत्र स्नात्वा तु यो देवं पूजयेच्च दिवाकरम् । आदित्यहृदयं जप्त्वा पुनरादित्यमर्चयेत् । स गच्छेत्परमं लोकं त्रिदशैरपि वन्दितम्
tatra snātvā tu yo devaṃ pūjayecca divākaram | ādityahṛdayaṃ japtvā punarādityamarcayet | sa gacchetparamaṃ lokaṃ tridaśairapi vanditam
وہاں غسل کرکے جو بھکت دیواکر سورج دیو کی پوجا کرے، اور آدتیہ ہردیہ کا جپ کرکے پھر آدتیہ کی ارچنا کرے—وہ پرم لوک کو جاتا ہے، جسے دیوتا بھی وندنا کرتے ہیں۔
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic speaker within Revā Khaṇḍa)
Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (contextual)
Type: ghat
Listener: nṛpa (king)
Scene: A pilgrim stands waist-deep in the Revā at sunrise, offering arghya; on the bank a small altar with lotus, lamp, and red cloth; the solar disc radiates behind, while subtle devas in the sky gesture reverence toward the attained ‘parama loka’.
FAQs
Pilgrimage is completed by worship: tīrtha-snānā joined with mantra-japa and devotion leads to exalted spiritual states.
The Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha described in Adhyāya 59, presented as especially potent for Sūrya-upāsanā.
Bathe at the tīrtha, worship Divākara, recite Āditya-hṛdaya, and worship Āditya again.