Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 5
चलत्तरङ्गोर्मिसमानरूपा महापुरोधाननिभाश्च केचित् । सगोपुराट्टालकसंनिकाशाः सविद्युदुल्काशनिमण्डितान्ताः
calattaraṅgormisamānarūpā mahāpurodhānanibhāśca kecit | sagopurāṭṭālakasaṃnikāśāḥ savidyudulkāśanimaṇḍitāntāḥ
Certaines avaient des formes semblables à des vagues mouvantes et à des flots déferlants; d’autres ressemblaient aux visages de grands prêtres. Certaines paraissaient comme des tours de portes et de hautes murailles de cité, leurs extrémités ornées d’éclairs, de météores et de foudres pareilles au vajra.
Śrī Markaṇḍeya
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha-region (contextual)
Type: river
Scene: Clouds ripple like waves; some resemble solemn priestly faces; others rise like gopuras and ramparts, their edges jeweled with lightning, meteors, and thunderbolt-flashes—sky as a fortified sacred city.
FAQs
The verse evokes sacred awe: worldly structures and status are mirrored and surpassed by cosmic forces, urging humility and dharmic living.
No single tīrtha is named; the imagery serves the Revā Khaṇḍa’s overarching tīrtha-glorification by contrasting it with cosmic dissolution.
None.