Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 8
गजाः पुनश्चैव पुनः पिबन्तो जगत्समन्तात्परिदह्यमानम् । आपूरितं चैव जगत्समन्तात्सर्वैश्च तैर्जग्मुरदर्शनं च ते
gajāḥ punaścaiva punaḥ pibanto jagatsamantātparidahyamānam | āpūritaṃ caiva jagatsamantātsarvaiśca tairjagmuradarśanaṃ ca te
象たちは幾度も幾度も水を飲みつつ巡り歩き、世界は四方から焼き尽くされていた。やがて世界があまねく水で満ちると、彼らは皆、姿を消した。
Śrī Markaṇḍeya
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha-cycle (general)
Type: river
Listener: King (bhūpa)
Scene: A ring of elephants repeatedly drinking as the horizon burns; then torrents swell until the world is water-filled; the elephants dissolve into mist and vanish.
FAQs
Even the mightiest beings cannot endure the turning of cosmic time; therefore one should cultivate refuge in dharma and the divine.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it continues the pralaya account within the Revā Khaṇḍa context.
None.