Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 81
एवं हि शेते भगवान्सत्त्वस्थः प्रलये सदा । सत्त्वरूपो महादेवो यदाधारे जगत्स्थितम्
evaṃ hi śete bhagavānsattvasthaḥ pralaye sadā | sattvarūpo mahādevo yadādhāre jagatsthitam
പ്രളയകാലത്ത് ഭഗവാൻ സദാ സത്ത്വസ്ഥിതിയിൽ ശയിക്കുന്നു. സത്ത്വരൂപനായ മഹാദേവനാണ് ഈ ജഗത്ത് നിലകൊള്ളുന്ന അധാരം.
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Revā Khaṇḍa)
Scene: A cosmic tableau: Mahādeva in yogic repose during pralaya, the universe withdrawn; subtle symbols of sattva—white radiance, calm waters, and a faint lotus of creation potential.
FAQs
Beyond cosmic change stands the divine support; purity (sattva) is portrayed as the stabilizing principle at dissolution.
Indirectly the Revā/Narmadā context, where cosmological truths are taught as part of the river’s māhātmya.
None; it is a doctrinal/cosmological statement.