Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 189
अतो विष्णुहरौ देवौ स्थितौ तौ पर्वतोत्तमे । गिरौ रैवतके रम्ये स्वर्णरेखानदीजले । आराधयद्धरिं देवं रेवती तां च सोब्रवीत्
ato viṣṇuharau devau sthitau tau parvatottame | girau raivatake ramye svarṇarekhānadījale | ārādhayaddhariṃ devaṃ revatī tāṃ ca sobravīt
Darum verweilten die beiden Gottheiten—Viṣṇu und Hara (Śiva)—auf dem erhabensten Berge, dem lieblichen Raivataka, bei den Wassern des Flusses Svarṇarekhā. Dort verehrte Revatī den Herrn Hari, und Er sprach zu ihr.
Nārada (narration framing the scene)
Tirtha: Raivataka–Svarṇarekhā tīrtha (Hari-Hara-sthiti)
Type: sangam
Listener: King
Scene: On the lovely Raivataka mountain beside the shimmering Svarṇarekhā, Viṣṇu and Śiva stand as resident deities; Revati offers flowers and water to Hari; Hari turns and speaks, while the river glints like gold.
FAQs
Sacred places are depicted as living abodes of the divine where worship (ārādhana) yields direct guidance and grace.
Raivataka-giri and the waters of the Svarṇarekhā river are explicitly celebrated.
Ārādhana (devotional worship/propitiation) of Hari is mentioned as Revati’s practice.