Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 53
मनुष्यपशुकीटादिमृगपश्वन्तरिक्षगाः । येऽन्तरिक्षे तथा भूमौ दिवि ये च जलाश्रयाः
manuṣyapaśukīṭādimṛgapaśvantarikṣagāḥ | ye'ntarikṣe tathā bhūmau divi ye ca jalāśrayāḥ
মানুষ, পশু, কীট প্রভৃতি সকল জীব; মৃগ-পশু ও অন্তরীক্ষে বিচরণকারী সত্তা; যারা আকাশে, যারা ভূমিতে, যারা স্বর্গে, এবং যারা জলে আশ্রিত—সকলেই তাতেই লীন ছিল।
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Revākhaṇḍa; specific speaker not explicit in the snippet)
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A sweeping ‘three-world’ tableau: humans and animals on earth, birds and aerial beings in mid-air, luminous heavenly figures above, and fish/serpents in waters—each subtly marked by the same divine presence, suggesting universal inclusion.
FAQs
The Purāṇic vision includes all life-forms across realms, preparing the teaching that the Divine pervades and governs them all.
No single tīrtha is named in this verse; it supports the broader Revā Khaṇḍa sacred-geography setting.
None; it is descriptive enumeration.