Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 6
समावृताङ्गः स बभूव देवः संवर्तकोनाम गणः स रौद्रः । प्रवर्षमाणो जगदप्रमाणमेकार्णवं सर्वमिदं चकार
samāvṛtāṅgaḥ sa babhūva devaḥ saṃvartakonāma gaṇaḥ sa raudraḥ | pravarṣamāṇo jagadapramāṇamekārṇavaṃ sarvamidaṃ cakāra
तो देव सर्वांगाने आच्छादित झाला—तोच रौद्र ‘संवर्तक’ नावाचा गण. अपरिमित वर्षाव करून त्याने हे सर्व जग एकच महासागर करून टाकले.
Śrī Markaṇḍeya
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) narrative frame; Saṃvarta/ekārṇava episode (cosmic)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A fierce divine host named Saṃvartaka becomes fully shrouded; immeasurable rain pours, swallowing all boundaries until the universe becomes a single ocean—ekārṇava, horizonless waters under a storm-dark sky.
FAQs
All multiplicity returns to unity at dissolution; recognizing this, one should seek the imperishable through devotion and dharma.
This verse describes cosmic pralaya; the tīrtha frame remains the Revā Khaṇḍa’s Narmadā-centered glorification.
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