Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 8
व्यतीतायां निशायां तु ब्रह्मणः परमेष्ठिनः । ततः प्रभाते विमले सृज्यमानेषु जन्तुषु
vyatītāyāṃ niśāyāṃ tu brahmaṇaḥ parameṣṭhinaḥ | tataḥ prabhāte vimale sṛjyamāneṣu jantuṣu
পৰমেষ্ঠী ব্ৰহ্মা—জীৱসমূহৰ পৰম প্ৰভু—তাঁৰ ৰাত্ৰি অতীত হোৱাৰ পাছত, তেতিয়া নিৰ্মল নিস্কলংক প্ৰভাতত, সৃষ্টিত যেতিয়া জন্তুসমূহ উৎপন্ন কৰা হৈছিল,
Narrative frame (implied): Yudhiṣṭhira addressing Manu (dialogue context continues)
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)
Type: river
Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira
Scene: The cosmic night ends; a stainless dawn spreads as beings are created—light emerging over a still, boundless expanse.
FAQs
Sacred narratives of tīrthas are anchored in cosmic time, showing that dharma and holy geography arise within the divine order of creation.
The verse sets the cosmological preface; the immediate tīrtha focus in this section is the Revā (Narmadā) region within the Āvantya Khaṇḍa.
None in this verse; it functions as a creation-time introduction to the ensuing māhātmya.