Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 69
ते वञ्चिताः पङ्गुजडान्धभूता लोकेषु मर्त्याः पशुभिश्च तुल्याः । ये नाश्रिता रुद्रशरीरभूतां सोपानपङ्क्तिं त्रिदिवस्य रेवाम्
te vañcitāḥ paṅgujaḍāndhabhūtā lokeṣu martyāḥ paśubhiśca tulyāḥ | ye nāśritā rudraśarīrabhūtāṃ sopānapaṅktiṃ tridivasya revām
ज्यांनी रुद्राचे शरीर स्वरूप आणि स्वर्गाची शिडी असलेल्या रेवेचा आश्रय घेतला नाही, ते मनुष्य लोकात फसवले गेले आहेत; ते पांगळे, जड, आंधळे आणि पशूंसमान आहेत.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A symbolic tableau: Revā personified as a luminous river-goddess whose form merges with Rudra; along her bank appears a stairway of stone steps rising into clouds, while shadowy figures who ignore her appear dim, stumbling, and animal-like.
FAQs
Neglect of a supreme tīrtha is framed as spiritual blindness; refuge in Revā is portrayed as a direct ascent toward higher worlds.
Revā (Narmadā), explicitly identified as Rudra’s embodied sacred presence and a ‘stairway’ to heaven.
Āśraya (taking refuge/resorting) in Revā—pilgrimage, residence, and reverent dependence on the river’s sanctity.