Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 24
ईश्वर उवाच । तव भक्तिगृहीतोऽहमुमया सह तोषितः । निष्पापः सोमनाथस्त्वं संजातस्तीर्थसेवनात्
īśvara uvāca | tava bhaktigṛhīto'hamumayā saha toṣitaḥ | niṣpāpaḥ somanāthastvaṃ saṃjātastīrthasevanāt
اِیشور نے فرمایا: تیری بھکتی نے مجھے مسخر کر لیا ہے، اور اُما کے ساتھ میں خوش ہوں۔ تیرتھ کی سیوا سے تُو بے گناہ ہو گیا ہے—یقیناً تُو ‘سومناتھ’ بن گیا ہے۔
Śiva (Īśvara)
Tirtha: Somanātha (Revā-tīrtha context)
Type: kshetra
Listener: The devotee addressed in-context (Soma/Indu implied by next verse)
Scene: Śiva speaks, pleased with the devotee; Umā stands beside him, both bestowing grace; the devotee is symbolically ‘renamed’ Somanātha through tīrtha-sevā.
FAQs
Bhakti joined with tīrtha-sevā leads to purification and a transformed spiritual identity blessed by Śiva.
The verse explicitly glorifies tīrtha-sevana within the Revā Khaṇḍa sacred landscape (Revā/Narmadā tīrtha tradition).
Tīrtha-sevā (reverent attendance/service at a holy place—typically including snāna, darśana, and worship) is praised as purifying.