Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 6
तस्मिन्नपि महाघोरे यथेयं वा मृता सती । परितुष्टैर्विभक्ता च शृणुध्वं तां कथामिमाम्
tasminnapi mahāghore yatheyaṃ vā mṛtā satī | parituṣṭairvibhaktā ca śṛṇudhvaṃ tāṃ kathāmimām
সেই অতিভয়ংকর সময়েও এই পবিত্র সত্তা যেন মৃতপ্রায় হয়ে গিয়েছিল; তবু পরিতৃপ্ত সিদ্ধগণের দ্বারা ভাগে ভাগে সংরক্ষিত ছিল। এখন তোমরা এই কাহিনি শ্রবণ করো।
Mārkaṇḍeya
Listener: Sabhā audience
Scene: A symbolic scene: a sacred flame nearly extinguished during cosmic darkness, then protected and divided/shared by serene siddhas; the narrator invites the audience to listen.
FAQs
Even amid cosmic catastrophe, dharma and sacred order are preserved through realized beings; listening to their kathā reconnects one to that continuity.
The verse remains general, but within Revā Khaṇḍa it points toward the Narmadā-region’s enduring sanctity across kalpa-changes.
The directive is to listen (śṛṇudhvaṃ) to the narrative—an emphasized Purāṇic practice.