Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 32
श्रियावृत्तौ महादेव त्वया चोत्पादितौ पुरा । सुरासुरसुदुर्जेयौ दानवौ मधुकैटभौ
śriyāvṛttau mahādeva tvayā cotpāditau purā | surāsurasudurjeyau dānavau madhukaiṭabhau
হে মহাদেৱ, শ্ৰীৰ পৰিবর্তন-কাৰ্যৰ সৈতে সম্পৰ্কিতভাৱে তুমি পূৰ্বে তেওঁলোকক উৎপন্ন কৰিছিলা—মধু আৰু কৈটভ নামৰ সেই দানৱ, যি দেৱ-অসুৰ উভয়ৰ বাবে অতি দুৰ্জয়।
Narmadā
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)
Type: river
Listener: Rudra/Īśvara
Scene: Revā identifies the two dānavas as Madhu and Kaiṭabha, born earlier by Mahādeva’s agency; the scene can foreshadow their later confrontation with Viṣṇu amid cosmic waters.
FAQs
Purāṇas frame even hostile forces within divine causality, underscoring that cosmic conflict unfolds under higher order.
None explicitly; the verse is mythic-cosmological within the Revā Khaṇḍa setting.
None.