Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 8
तेन मूर्छितसर्वाङ्गः कामरूपो जगद्गुरुः । कामयामास रुद्राणीं दिव्यं वर्षशतं किल
tena mūrchitasarvāṅgaḥ kāmarūpo jagadguruḥ | kāmayāmāsa rudrāṇīṃ divyaṃ varṣaśataṃ kila
وبتأثير ذلك، صار معلّم العالم—متخذاً هيئةً تحرّكها الرغبة—كأنما خارت قواه في كل أعضائه، وحقّاً اشتاق إلى رودراني مدى مئة عامٍ إلهيّة.
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Revā Khaṇḍa)
Scene: Śiva, the jagadguru, is overtaken by Kāma’s influence, appearing ‘senseless’ in limbs, absorbed in longing for Rudrāṇī across a vast divine timespan.
FAQs
Even cosmic events that appear driven by desire are framed in Purāṇas as movements toward a higher dharmic purpose within divine play (līlā).
The broader frame is Revā Khaṇḍa connected to the sanctity of Revā/Narmadā, though this verse itself focuses on the divine narrative rather than a named tīrtha.
None in this verse; it is narrative description setting up later divine actions.