Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 2
ततः प्रसुप्तांस्ताञ्ज्ञात्वा रात्रौ देवी जगाम ह । एकैकस्य ऋषेः स्वप्ने दर्शनं चारुहासिनी
tataḥ prasuptāṃstāñjñātvā rātrau devī jagāma ha | ekaikasya ṛṣeḥ svapne darśanaṃ cāruhāsinī
Alors, sachant que ces ṛṣi s’étaient endormis, la Déesse vint dans la nuit ; souriant avec grâce, elle accorda à chaque sage sa vision en songe, l’un après l’autre.
Mārkaṇḍeya (continuing narration)
Scene: Night in a forest hermitage: sages asleep on kusa-grass beds; the Goddess arrives silently, smiling beautifully, and appears in each sage’s dream in turn—shown as multiple small dream-frames above each sleeper, each with the same luminous Devī form.
FAQs
Divinity is not distant—she responds personally to devotion, even granting darśana through dreams.
Revā/Narmadā’s sacred sphere, where the Goddess associated with the river actively blesses sages.
None explicitly; the verse describes divine response (darśana) as the fruit of prior praise.