Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 58
ततः सुसूक्ष्मदेहस्थं भूतं दृष्ट्वाब्रवीदिदम् । किमस्य त्वं महाभूत करिष्यसि वदस्व मे
tataḥ susūkṣmadehasthaṃ bhūtaṃ dṛṣṭvābravīdidam | kimasya tvaṃ mahābhūta kariṣyasi vadasva me
അപ്പോൾ അത്യന്തം സൂക്ഷ്മദേഹത്തിൽ വസിക്കുന്ന ആ ഭൂതത്തെ കണ്ടു അവൻ പറഞ്ഞു— “ഹേ മഹാഭൂതാ, ഇതിനോട് നീ എന്തു ചെയ്യും? എനിക്കു പറയുക।”
Narrator (implied Vaiśampāyana) quoting Śiva
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)
Type: river
Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira
Scene: A divine figure confronts a barely-visible spirit in a subtle body; the moment is frozen at the question—hand raised in inquiry, the bhūta hovering like a faint smoky form near the riverine wilderness.
FAQs
Before punishment or release, dharmic authority investigates intention; even unseen forces are brought under accountable speech.
The Revā (Narmadā) region is the overarching sacred setting; no particular tīrtha is specified in this verse.
None; it is a narrative interrogation establishing moral accountability.