Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 14
त्वत्तीर्थं भूतले पुण्यं मत्प्रसादाद्भविष्यति । वेदवेदाङ्गतत्त्वज्ञो ह्यशेषज्ञानकोविदः । एकस्त्वमसि निःसङ्गो मत्प्रसादेन नारद
tvattīrthaṃ bhūtale puṇyaṃ matprasādādbhaviṣyati | vedavedāṅgatattvajño hyaśeṣajñānakovidaḥ | ekastvamasi niḥsaṅgo matprasādena nārada
میری کرپا سے زمین پر تیرا تیرتھ پُنّیہ بنے گا۔ تو ویدوں اور ویدانگوں کے تَتّو کا جاننے والا، ہر علم میں ماہر ہے؛ اور میری کرپا سے، اے نارَد، تو اکیلا ہی—نِرلےپ اور بےتعلّق—قائم ہے۔
Śiva (contextual deduction)
Tirtha: Nārada-tīrtha (implied)
Type: ghat
Listener: Nārada
Scene: Śiva proclaims that Nārada’s tīrtha on earth will become supremely meritorious; Nārada is shown as solitary, unattached, radiant with Vedic knowledge, receiving the decree.
FAQs
A tīrtha becomes supremely purifying when rooted in divine grace and upheld by a realized, unattached sage.
A tīrtha associated with Nārada in the Revā/Narmadā sacred region is being declared holy.
No explicit ritual here; it is a declaration of tīrtha-sānctity and the spiritual stature of Nārada.