Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 10
श्रुता दिव्यनदी ब्राह्मी तथा विष्णुनदी मया । तृतीया न मया क्वापि श्रुता रौद्री सरिद्वरा
śrutā divyanadī brāhmī tathā viṣṇunadī mayā | tṛtīyā na mayā kvāpi śrutā raudrī saridvarā
मी ब्रह्माची दिव्य नदी आणि विष्णूची नदी ऐकली आहे; पण कुठेही तिसरी—रुद्राची परम श्रेष्ठ नदी—ऐकली नाही।
Śaunaka
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Sūta (as the one to be asked)
Scene: A learned pilgrim-speaker contrasts the known divine rivers of Brahmā and Viṣṇu with a newly invoked ‘Rudra’s supreme river,’ evoking a cosmic map of sacred waters.
FAQs
Sacred geography is read through divine functions; the listener seeks the Śaiva counterpart among supreme rivers.
It points toward the ‘Raudrī sarit’—understood in Revā Khaṇḍa as Narmadā (Revā), the foremost Śaiva river-tīrtha.
None; it is a doctrinal question setting up the revelation of Narmadā’s exceptional status.