Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 25
तवाश्विनौ कर्णगतौ समस्तास्तवास्थिता बाहुषु लोकपालाः । घ्राणोऽनिलो नेत्रगतौ रवीन्दु जिह्वा च ते नाथ सरस्वतीयम्
tavāśvinau karṇagatau samastāstavāsthitā bāhuṣu lokapālāḥ | ghrāṇo'nilo netragatau ravīndu jihvā ca te nātha sarasvatīyam
الأشفينان (Aśvins) مقيمان في أُذُنَيْكَ؛ وحُرّاسُ العوالم ثابتون في ذراعَيْكَ. والريحُ هي حاسّةُ الشمِّ لديك؛ والشمسُ والقمرُ في عينيكَ؛ وساراسفتي (Sarasvatī) نفسُها، يا مولاي، هي لسانُكَ.
A devotee/sage praising the Supreme Lord (Viṣṇu/Nārāyaṇa) in Revā Khaṇḍa context
Tirtha: Revā tīrtha (Revākhaṇḍa)
Type: kshetra
Scene: The Lord’s head and torso are shown with symbolic placements: Aśvins at the ears, Lokapālas in the arms, Vāyu as breath/smell, Sun and Moon in the eyes, Sarasvatī as the tongue (speech/chant).
FAQs
All divine powers and cosmic functions are limbs of the Supreme, encouraging reverence toward the world as God’s embodied order.
The Revā Khaṇḍa context connects to the Narmadā tīrtha-landscape, though this verse is a universal viśvarūpa description.
No explicit rite; the verse supports worship through remembrance of the Lord’s cosmic embodiment.