Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 28
तपतस्तस्य देवस्य शूलाग्राद्बिन्दवोऽपतन् । तेनैषा शोणसंज्ञा तु दश सप्त च ताः स्मृताः
tapatastasya devasya śūlāgrādbindavo'patan | tenaiṣā śoṇasaṃjñā tu daśa sapta ca tāḥ smṛtāḥ
সেই দেব তপস্যা করছিলেন যখন, ত্রিশূলের অগ্রভাগ থেকে বিন্দু বিন্দু জল ঝরে পড়ল; তাই সে ‘শোণা’ নামে পরিচিতা, আর সেই বিন্দুগুলি সতেরো বলে স্মৃত।
Narrator (Purāṇic voice)
Tirtha: Śoṇā (epithet linked here to Revā/Narmadā)
Type: kund
Listener: null
Scene: Śiva in intense austerity, radiant heat around him; from the tip of his trident fall distinct droplets that become sacred markers; the river-goddess is associated with a reddish sheen (śoṇa) in the water or aura.
FAQs
Purāṇic myth ties sacred nature to divine tapas; the river’s holiness is grounded in Śiva’s ascetic power and symbols.
Narmadā/Revā is glorified via her epithet ‘Śoṇā’, linking her sanctity to Śiva’s śūla (trident).
None stated; the verse gives an origin-account and a traditional numerical detail (seventeen drops).