Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 105
मरुद्गणाः सदा साध्या यस्या दन्ता नरेश्वर । हुङ्कारे चतुरो वेदान् विद्यात्साङ्गपदक्रमान्
marudgaṇāḥ sadā sādhyā yasyā dantā nareśvara | huṅkāre caturo vedān vidyātsāṅgapadakramān
Wahai raja manusia, pada giginya senantiasa hadir para Marut, dan para Sādhya pun berdiam di sana. Dari bunyi ‘huṅ’—lenguhan sucinya—hendaknya dikenal empat Veda, beserta bagian-bagian penunjangnya dan tata urutan pembacaan kata-kata.
Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya (deduced from nearby dialogue context)
Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: nareśvara / nṛpa
Scene: A cow with subtly luminous teeth like a garland of wind-gods (Maruts) and Sādhyas; from her bellow emerges a visualized stream of Vedic syllables arranged in orderly pada-krama, like script-ribbons.
FAQs
The cow is praised as a living sacred cosmos in which deities and Vedic revelation are symbolically present, inspiring reverence and dharmic conduct.
This verse functions as Gau-māhātmya within the Revā Khaṇḍa’s sacred landscape, emphasizing purity and merit connected with the Narmadā (Revā) region rather than a single named tīrtha in this line.
No direct ritual is prescribed here; it establishes theological symbolism—Vedic sanctity associated with the cow’s sounds and form.