Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 45
तामुज्जहारार्णवतोयमग्नां करी निमग्नामिव हस्तिनीं हठात् । नावं विशीर्णामिव तोयमध्यादुदीर्णसत्त्वोऽनुपमप्रभावः
tāmujjahārārṇavatoyamagnāṃ karī nimagnāmiva hastinīṃ haṭhāt | nāvaṃ viśīrṇāmiva toyamadhyādudīrṇasattvo'nupamaprabhāvaḥ
He forcefully lifted her up from the ocean depths—like an elephant raising a submerged she-elephant. With surging strength and incomparable power, He drew her out as one would pull up a broken boat from the midst of the waters.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) [deduced]
Scene: The Lord hauls Earth from the ocean like an elephant lifting a submerged mate; also like retrieving a shattered boat from mid-waters—dynamic, forceful upward motion.
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The Lord’s saving action is decisive and compassionate—He restores the world from ruin with unmatched strength.
No specific tīrtha is named; the verse continues the Varāha episode within the Revā-khaṇḍa narrative.
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