Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 11
भूत्वा जग्मुस्तदर्थं ते सा तु पृष्टवती सुरान् । विश्वरूपं वैष्णवं यत्तद्दर्शयत माचिरम्
bhūtvā jagmustadarthaṃ te sā tu pṛṣṭavatī surān | viśvarūpaṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ yattaddarśayata māciram
അവർ ആ കാര്യമനുസരിച്ച് (ആ രൂപം ധരിച്ചു) അവിടെ എത്തി. എന്നാൽ അവൾ ദേവന്മാരോട് ചോദിച്ചു—“വൈകാതെ ആ വൈഷ്ണവ വിശ്വരൂപം എനിക്ക് കാണിക്കൂ.”
Mārkaṇḍeya (continuing narration)
Tirtha: Sāgarānta-tīrtha (ocean-shore, unspecified)
Type: tirtha
Scene: The gods arrive in assumed forms; Lakṣmī questions them and demands immediate revelation of the Vaiṣṇava Viśvarūpa—cosmic body containing worlds, gods, directions, and time—set against the ocean horizon.
FAQs
True tapas culminates in a longing for direct darśana of the Divine, not merely worldly boons.
The Revākhaṇḍa setting frames the episode; the sanctity lies in the tapas-ground near the ocean boundary where divine vision is sought.
No explicit ritual is prescribed; the verse emphasizes seeking darśana as the fruit of austerity.