Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 72
जलादुत्तीर्य सहसा वस्त्रमन्यत्समाहरत् । देव्यास्तु स्नानवस्त्रं तत्पीडितं लीलया नृप
jalāduttīrya sahasā vastramanyatsamāharat | devyāstu snānavastraṃ tatpīḍitaṃ līlayā nṛpa
أيها الملك، لما خرج سريعًا من الماء أخذ في الحال ثوبًا آخر؛ وأما ثوب استحمام الإلهة فقد عُصِرَ على سبيل الملاعبة.
Mārkaṇḍeya (narrating within Revākhaṇḍa, addressing a king as listener)
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) setting; causal prelude to Kapilā river
Type: kshetra
Listener: nṛpa (king)
Scene: Śiva emerges swiftly from the river, taking another garment; Umā’s bathing cloth is playfully wrung, setting up the miraculous birth of a river from the expressed water.
FAQs
Even seemingly playful divine acts become the hidden causes of sacred geography and merit-bearing tīrthas.
The narrative leads toward the manifestation of the Kapilā river, a sacred stream connected to the Revā (Narmadā) region.
No direct ritual is prescribed here; it sets up the sacred origin-story that supports later tīrtha practices like snāna.