Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 54
यत्तन्मुहूर्तादिह नामरूपं तावत्प्रपश्यामि जगत्तथैव । द्वीपैः समुद्रैरभिसंवृतं हि नक्षत्रतारादिविमानकीर्णम्
yattanmuhūrtādiha nāmarūpaṃ tāvatprapaśyāmi jagattathaiva | dvīpaiḥ samudrairabhisaṃvṛtaṃ hi nakṣatratārādivimānakīrṇam
Von eben jener Muhūrta an schaue ich hier die Welt genau so, wie sie in Name und Gestalt ist—umringt von Kontinenten und Ozeanen und erfüllt von himmlischen Wagen zwischen Sternen und Sternbildern.
Narrator in first person (frame speaker not explicit in snippet)
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) / Amarakāṇṭaka region (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: A king (rājan)
Scene: A seer-like figure beholds the world as a mandala: concentric continents and oceans, above them a starry vault crowded with vimānas moving among constellations.
FAQs
The world of nāma-rūpa is perceivable as a divine order when granted higher vision.
No single site; the verse is cosmological, supporting the sacred-geography worldview central to Revā Khaṇḍa.
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