Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 2
ततः प्रसुप्तांस्ताञ्ज्ञात्वा रात्रौ देवी जगाम ह । एकैकस्य ऋषेः स्वप्ने दर्शनं चारुहासिनी
tataḥ prasuptāṃstāñjñātvā rātrau devī jagāma ha | ekaikasya ṛṣeḥ svapne darśanaṃ cāruhāsinī
ثمّ، إذ علمت أنّ أولئك الرِّشي قد غلبهم النوم، جاءت الإلهة ليلًا؛ وبابتسامةٍ عذبةٍ منحت كلَّ حكيم رؤيتها في الحلم، واحدًا بعد واحد.
Mārkaṇḍeya (continuing narration)
Scene: Night in a forest hermitage: sages asleep on kusa-grass beds; the Goddess arrives silently, smiling beautifully, and appears in each sage’s dream in turn—shown as multiple small dream-frames above each sleeper, each with the same luminous Devī form.
FAQs
Divinity is not distant—she responds personally to devotion, even granting darśana through dreams.
Revā/Narmadā’s sacred sphere, where the Goddess associated with the river actively blesses sages.
None explicitly; the verse describes divine response (darśana) as the fruit of prior praise.