Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 6
यावद्धराधरो लोके यावच्चन्द्रदिवाकरौ । नद्यो नदाः समुद्राश्च वरो मे चाक्षयो भवेत्
yāvaddharādharo loke yāvaccandradivākarau | nadyo nadāḥ samudrāśca varo me cākṣayo bhavet
Tant que les montagnes se dresseront dans le monde, tant que dureront la Lune et le Soleil, et tant que subsisteront rivières, torrents et océans—que cette grâce qui m’est accordée soit impérissable.
Aṅgāraka (Maṅgala/Mars)
Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A supplicant pronounces a vow-like request for an imperishable boon, with cosmic emblems—mountains, sun, moon, rivers and ocean—arrayed as witnesses behind him; the deity’s presence implied as the granter.
FAQs
The devotee seeks akṣayatva (imperishability), aligning personal destiny with enduring dharmic order upheld across cosmic time.
The Revā (Narmadā) milieu is implied; the chapter’s later verses attach akṣaya merit to a particular tīrtha and Śiva worship there.
No ritual here—this is the formulation of an imperishable boon request.