Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 6
समावृताङ्गः स बभूव देवः संवर्तकोनाम गणः स रौद्रः । प्रवर्षमाणो जगदप्रमाणमेकार्णवं सर्वमिदं चकार
samāvṛtāṅgaḥ sa babhūva devaḥ saṃvartakonāma gaṇaḥ sa raudraḥ | pravarṣamāṇo jagadapramāṇamekārṇavaṃ sarvamidaṃ cakāra
فغدا ذلك الإله مُحاطًا من كل جانب—هو الجمع الشديد المسمّى سَمْفَرْتَكَة (Saṃvartaka). إذ صبَّ أمطارًا لا حدَّ لها، جعل هذا الكون كلَّه محيطًا واحدًا.
Śrī Markaṇḍeya
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) narrative frame; Saṃvarta/ekārṇava episode (cosmic)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A fierce divine host named Saṃvartaka becomes fully shrouded; immeasurable rain pours, swallowing all boundaries until the universe becomes a single ocean—ekārṇava, horizonless waters under a storm-dark sky.
FAQs
All multiplicity returns to unity at dissolution; recognizing this, one should seek the imperishable through devotion and dharma.
This verse describes cosmic pralaya; the tīrtha frame remains the Revā Khaṇḍa’s Narmadā-centered glorification.
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