Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 105
रेवायाः पञ्चमो भागः सोज्जयिन्याः प्रकीर्तितः । षष्ठः कल्पो नागरश्च तीर्थमाहात्म्यसूचकः
revāyāḥ pañcamo bhāgaḥ sojjayinyāḥ prakīrtitaḥ | ṣaṣṭhaḥ kalpo nāgaraśca tīrthamāhātmyasūcakaḥ
پانچواں حصّہ رِیوا (نرمدا) اور اُجّینی سے متعلق مشہور کیا گیا ہے؛ چھٹا ‘ناگر کلپ’ ہے جو تیرتھوں کی مہیمہ کی نشان دہی کرتا ہے۔
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) / Ujjayinī
Type: river
Scene: A paired geography: flowing Narmadā with pilgrims on ghāṭas and forested banks, and the skyline of Ujjain with Mahākāla temple imagery; a manuscript caption indicates this as the ‘fifth part’.
FAQs
Pilgrimage tradition is systematized: sacred rivers, cities, and tīrthas are celebrated as Dharma-bearing landscapes.
Revā/Narmadā and Ujjayinī (Ujjain) are named as major māhātmya domains; the verse also signals broader tīrtha-glorification.
No explicit rite is stated; the mention of a ‘Kalpa’ implies ritual/observance frameworks associated with tīrthas.