Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 59
एषा देवी पुरा दृष्टा तेन वक्ष्यामि तेऽनघ
eṣā devī purā dṛṣṭā tena vakṣyāmi te'nagha
ഈ ദേവിയെ പുരാതനകാലത്ത് ദർശിച്ചിരുന്നു; അതിനാൽ ഹേ അനഘാ, ഞാൻ നിന്നോട് അവളുടെ വൃത്താന്തം പറയുന്നു.
Narrator in Revā-khaṇḍa dialogue context (likely a Ṛṣi addressing Yudhiṣṭhira)
Tirtha: Revā/Narmadā Devī
Type: river
Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira (addressed as anagha)
Scene: A sage gestures as if beginning a sacred story; behind him a faint vision of a radiant river-goddess appears, half-seen like a memory from ancient time.
FAQs
Sacred knowledge is transmitted through remembered vision (ṛṣi-darśana) and faithful narration within the Purāṇic tradition.
The verse functions as a transition within Revā (Narmadā) Māhātmya; the specific tīrtha is not named in this line.
None; it introduces an upcoming account concerning a Devī.