Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 14
तथा पुनर्नवः कायो भवेद्वै मम शङ्कर । तथा कुरु विरूपाक्ष नमस्तुभ्यं पुनः पुनः
tathā punarnavaḥ kāyo bhavedvai mama śaṅkara | tathā kuru virūpākṣa namastubhyaṃ punaḥ punaḥ
हे शंकर! माझे हे शरीर पुन्हा नव्याप्रमाणे होवो—तसे करा. हे विरूपाक्ष! तसेच घडवा; तुम्हाला पुनः पुनः नमस्कार।
Piṅgala (Agni)
Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaṅkara (Virūpākṣa)
Scene: Piṅgala, afflicted yet hopeful, bows repeatedly to Virūpākṣa-Śaṅkara, asking for a renewed body—an intimate moment of healing supplication at a sacred riverside.
FAQs
Repeated reverence and surrender to Śiva accompanies the request for renewal—devotion frames healing as grace.
The verse continues the sanctifying episode situated in the Revākhaṇḍa sacred geography (Bhṛgukaccha/Devakhāta narrative flow).
No formal ritual instruction; it exemplifies stuti (reverent salutation) and petition for divine healing.