Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 6
तस्मिन्नपि महाघोरे यथेयं वा मृता सती । परितुष्टैर्विभक्ता च शृणुध्वं तां कथामिमाम्
tasminnapi mahāghore yatheyaṃ vā mṛtā satī | parituṣṭairvibhaktā ca śṛṇudhvaṃ tāṃ kathāmimām
その極めて恐るべき時においてさえ、この聖なる実相は死したかのようであった。されど、満ち足りた成就者たちによって分かち与えられ、保たれて存続した。今この物語を聴け。
Mārkaṇḍeya
Listener: Sabhā audience
Scene: A symbolic scene: a sacred flame nearly extinguished during cosmic darkness, then protected and divided/shared by serene siddhas; the narrator invites the audience to listen.
FAQs
Even amid cosmic catastrophe, dharma and sacred order are preserved through realized beings; listening to their kathā reconnects one to that continuity.
The verse remains general, but within Revā Khaṇḍa it points toward the Narmadā-region’s enduring sanctity across kalpa-changes.
The directive is to listen (śṛṇudhvaṃ) to the narrative—an emphasized Purāṇic practice.