Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 34
किं वापराद्धं तव देवदेव यन्मायया नो हृदयं तवापि । मायाभिशङ्किप्रणतार्तिहन्तर्मनो हि नो विह्वलतामुपैति
kiṃ vāparāddhaṃ tava devadeva yanmāyayā no hṛdayaṃ tavāpi | māyābhiśaṅkipraṇatārtihantarmano hi no vihvalatāmupaiti
হে দেবদেৱ! তোমাৰ কি অপৰাধ হ’ব পাৰে? তোমাৰ মায়াই আমাৰ হৃদয়ক তোমাৰ পৰা আঁতৰাই লৈ যায়। হে শৰণাগতজনৰ দুখ-নাশক! এই মায়াৰ আশংকাত আমাৰ মন নিশ্চয়েই ব্যাকুলতালৈ পৰে।
Devotees/Sages (collective kṣamāprārthanā within Revā Khaṇḍa narrative)
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrthas (contextual)
Type: river
Scene: A group of weary pilgrims/devotees with folded hands confess inner agitation before a radiant Viṣṇu; māyā suggested as a veiling mist or swirling dark current around the heart-lotus, while the Lord’s glance calms it.
FAQs
The devotee confesses inner turbulence caused by māyā and seeks refuge in the Lord who relieves the suffering of the surrendered.
The verse belongs to the Revā Khaṇḍa’s devotional setting connected to Revā/Narmadā tīrthas.
No explicit ritual is stated; the implied practice is śaraṇāgati (surrender) alongside prayerful self-examination.
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