Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 55
वियत्पयोदग्रहचक्रचित्रं नानाविधैः प्राणिगणैर्वृतं च । तां वै न पश्यामि महानुभावां गोरूपिणीं सर्वसुरेश्वरीं च
viyatpayodagrahacakracitraṃ nānāvidhaiḥ prāṇigaṇairvṛtaṃ ca | tāṃ vai na paśyāmi mahānubhāvāṃ gorūpiṇīṃ sarvasureśvarīṃ ca
雲と惑星、その巡る軌道で飾られた虚空を私は観、また多種多様な生きものに囲まれているのを観る。だが、牛の姿に現れる、諸天の上に立つ至高の女神、その大いなる御方を私は見いだせない。
Narrator in first person (frame speaker not explicit in snippet)
Tirtha: Revā-devī (Narmadā)
Type: kshetra
Listener: King (rājan)
Scene: A vast sky tapestry: clouds, planets, and circular orbital paths; below, multitudes of beings. The devotee searches for a radiant cow-formed goddess but she is absent from the frame, creating a poignant negative space.
FAQs
Even when the cosmos is visible, the supreme divine presence may remain hidden—calling for deeper devotion and discernment.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it remains within the Revā Khaṇḍa’s wider sacred landscape.
None directly; the cow-form motif indirectly resonates with dharmic reverence for the cow and goddess worship.