Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 9
तत्तेऽहं सम्प्रवक्ष्यामि शृणु यत्नेन पाण्डव । दुर्भिक्षोपहता विप्रा नर्मदां तु समाश्रिताः
tatte'haṃ sampravakṣyāmi śṛṇu yatnena pāṇḍava | durbhikṣopahatā viprā narmadāṃ tu samāśritāḥ
Cela, je vais te l’énoncer à présent; écoute avec soin, ô Pāṇḍava. Frappés par la famine, les brāhmaṇa prirent refuge sur les rives de la Narmadā.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to a royal addressee within the story (Pāṇḍava); outer frame to sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) bank; leads into Ravītīrtha episode
Type: river
Listener: Pāṇḍava
Scene: A group of brāhmaṇas, thin from famine, arrive at the Narmadā bank with waterpots and staffs, setting up a simple riverside āśrama; a narrator addresses a Pāṇḍava listener.
FAQs
In times of crisis, the tradition portrays holy rivers and tīrthas as shelters where dharma can be preserved and renewed.
The Narmadā region is introduced as the setting; the adhyāya centers on Ravitīrtha within the Revā (Narmadā) sacred landscape.
No explicit rite is stated; the verse sets the narrative circumstance (famine) leading to tīrtha-dependence.