Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 31
कम्बलोऽधिगतस्तात पाशधृग्वरुणस्तथा । यमश्च भगवान्देव आश्रित्य चोदरं श्रितः
kambalo'dhigatastāta pāśadhṛgvaruṇastathā | yamaśca bhagavāndeva āśritya codaraṃ śritaḥ
ឱព្រះបុត្រា/អ្នកជាទីស្រឡាញ់ កម្បលៈ បានចូលកាន់ទីតាំងរបស់ខ្លួននៅទីនោះ; ហើយ វរុណៈ អ្នកកាន់បាស (ខ្សែចង) ព្រមទាំង ព្រះយម ទេវដ៏ពិសិដ្ឋ—ដោយអាស្រ័យលើនាង—ស្ថិតនៅក្នុងពោះរបស់នាង។
Unspecified in snippet (contextual narrator within Revā Khaṇḍa dialogue)
Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: tāta / nṛpa (king addressed affectionately)
Scene: A semi-transparent depiction of the cow’s belly as a sacred interior where Varuṇa with pāśa, Yama with staff, and Kambala (nāga/underworld being) are stationed like guardians of cosmic order; the sage points while the king listens.
FAQs
A tīrtha is portrayed as divinely inhabited; reverence for such a place aligns one with cosmic order (ṛta/dharma).
A Revā Khaṇḍa tīrtha in the Narmadā/Revā sacred landscape (the precise name is supplied by the surrounding verses).
No direct ritual is prescribed in this verse; it establishes the site's sanctity through divine presence.