Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 16
शूलाग्रेण कृता रेखा ततस्तोयं वहेन्नृप । तत्तोयं च गतं तत्र यत्र रेवा महानदी
śūlāgreṇa kṛtā rekhā tatastoyaṃ vahennṛpa | tattoyaṃ ca gataṃ tatra yatra revā mahānadī
हे नृप! त्रिशूल के अग्रभाग से एक रेखा खींची गई; उससे जल प्रवाहित होने लगा। और वह जल वहाँ जा पहुँचा जहाँ महानदी रेवा बहती है।
Sūta (deduced)
Tirtha: Triśūla-rekhā-jala-pravāha tīrtha (feeding Revā)
Type: kshetra
Listener: King (nṛpa) explicitly addressed (nṛpa)
Scene: A deity/Śaiva force uses a trident tip to score the earth, creating a furrow; water immediately wells and runs as a new stream, traveling toward the broad Revā river in the distance.
FAQs
Divine will shapes sacred landscapes; waterways become carriers of merit when linked to a mahānadī like Revā.
The trident-marked channel/furrow at Śūlabheda that connects its waters to the Revā (Narmadā).
Not explicit; it establishes the sanctified water-flow that supports later tīrtha bathing and pilgrimage merit.
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