Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 6
तस्याश्चरणविक्षेपैः सर्वमेकार्णवं जलम् । विक्षिप्तफेनपुञ्जौघैर्नृत्यन्तीव समं ततः
tasyāścaraṇavikṣepaiḥ sarvamekārṇavaṃ jalam | vikṣiptaphenapuñjaughairnṛtyantīva samaṃ tataḥ
Par les vifs mouvements de ses pieds, toute cette eau devint comme un unique océan cosmique. Les masses d’écume projetées en flots donnaient l’impression que les eaux elles-mêmes dansaient partout.
Narrator (contextual, within Revā Khaṇḍa narration)
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Implied Purāṇic audience
Scene: The cow’s hooves strike and scatter foam; the entire expanse becomes a single cosmic ocean; white foam arcs like garlands; the waters appear to dance in rhythmic waves.
FAQs
Divine śakti can transform fearsome chaos (the deluge) into a controlled, auspicious order—seen here as the ‘dancing’ waters under the Goddess’s power.
Revā/Narmadā herself is glorified as a living tīrtha whose presence sanctifies and protects even amid cosmic dissolution imagery.
No explicit ritual is prescribed in this verse; it is a descriptive mahātmya passage praising the river-goddess’s power.