Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 7
दृष्ट्वा कौतूहलं तत्र व्याकुलीकृतमानसम् । वित्रस्तमनसो भूत्वा भयात्सर्वे समास्थिताः
dṛṣṭvā kautūhalaṃ tatra vyākulīkṛtamānasam | vitrastamanaso bhūtvā bhayātsarve samāsthitāḥ
तेथील अद्भुत गोंधळ पाहून सर्वांची मने व्याकुळ झाली। भयाने अंतःकरण दचकले आणि सर्वजण जागीच स्तब्ध उभे राहिले।
Narrator (Purāṇic narration; specific speaker not explicit in this snippet)
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha milieu
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: A riverside or forest-āśrama scene: pilgrims/attendants suddenly halt, eyes widened; wind stills; light shifts as a divine assembly approaches unseen.
FAQs
In the presence of the divine, ordinary confidence can dissolve into awe; humility prepares one for grace.
The Revā Khaṇḍa tīrtha setting where a divine event causes wonder and stillness.
None explicitly; the verse portrays the inner response (awe, restraint) appropriate to sacred manifestation.