Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 43
क्षरन्ती मोदते विश्वं करभा तेन चोच्यते । यस्माद्रञ्जयते लोकान्दर्शनादेव भारत
kṣarantī modate viśvaṃ karabhā tena cocyate | yasmādrañjayate lokāndarśanādeva bhārata
جب وہ بہتی ہے تو سارا جہان مسرور ہو اٹھتا ہے؛ اسی لیے وہ ‘کَرَبھَا’ بھی کہلاتی ہے—کیونکہ محض دیدار سے ہی لوگوں کے دل خوش کر دیتی ہے، اے بھارت!
Mārkaṇḍeya (deduced from immediate narrative context; address to Bhārata/king)
Tirtha: Karabhā (Revā/Narmadā epithet)
Type: river
Listener: Bhārata (addressed)
Scene: A broad, flowing river whose sight causes people, animals, and birds to brighten; pilgrims on the bank smile and fold hands as the current glitters.
FAQs
A holy place can confer merit and upliftment even through darśana (sacred sight), emphasizing devotional encounter as spiritually efficacious.
A Revā Khaṇḍa tīrtha known as “Karabhā,” praised for the joy it bestows upon sight.
No specific ritual is prescribed here; the verse highlights darśana-phala (benefit of seeing).