Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 32
सर्वतीर्थवरं तीर्थं निर्मितं नारदेन तु । पृथिव्यां सागरान्तायां रेवायाश्चोत्तरे तटे । तद्वरं सर्वतीर्थानां महापातकनाशनम्
sarvatīrthavaraṃ tīrthaṃ nirmitaṃ nāradena tu | pṛthivyāṃ sāgarāntāyāṃ revāyāścottare taṭe | tadvaraṃ sarvatīrthānāṃ mahāpātakanāśanam
Trên cõi đất này, nơi bốn bề giáp biển, tại bờ bắc sông Revā, hiền thánh Nārada đã kiến lập một tīrtha—bậc tối thắng trong mọi tīrtha. Tīrtha tối thượng ấy, đứng đầu các thánh địa, có năng lực tiêu trừ cả những trọng tội mahāpātaka.
Unspecified (narrative voice within Revākhaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Nārada-kṛta Sarvatīrtha-vara tīrtha (on Revā’s northern bank)
Type: ghat
Listener: King (Rajendra)
Scene: Sage Nārada, veena in hand, consecrates a luminous ford on Revā’s northern bank; the river glows with sanctity, and a celestial map-like vision shows the earth ‘ocean-bounded’ while the tīrtha radiates as the foremost purifier, dissolving dark sin-clouds.
FAQs
A tīrtha is not merely a location but a dharmic power-center: contact with a supremely praised holy place—especially on the Revā—purifies even grave sins when approached with श्रद्धा (faith) and right conduct.
A Nārada-established tīrtha on the northern bank of the Revā (Narmadā) within the Skanda Purāṇa’s Revākhaṇḍa (Āvantyakhaṇḍa).
No specific rite is prescribed in this verse; it primarily proclaims the tīrtha’s sin-destroying potency (mahāpātakanāśana).