Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 10
एतद्वः कथितं सर्वं यत्पृष्टमखिलं द्विजाः । यन्महेशमुखाच्छ्रुत्वा वायुराह ऋषीन्प्रति
etadvaḥ kathitaṃ sarvaṃ yatpṛṣṭamakhilaṃ dvijāḥ | yanmaheśamukhācchrutvā vāyurāha ṛṣīnprati
हे द्विजहो! तुम्ही जे सर्वस्वी विचारले होते ते सर्व तुम्हांला सांगितले आहे—महेश (शिव) यांच्या मुखातून ऐकून वायूने ऋषींना जे कथन केले तेच।
Narrative voice identifying Vāyu as transmitter (Vāyu speaking to ṛṣis/dvijas)
Tirtha: Revā/Narmadā (contextual)
Type: river
Listener: Dvijāḥ / ṛṣi-audience
Scene: A forest hermitage assembly: Vāyu (as a sage-like divine narrator) recounts what he heard from Maheśa; attentive dvija-ṛṣis seated with kuśa grass, waterpots, and sacrificial implements.
FAQs
Purāṇic knowledge is safeguarded through lineage—Śiva’s teaching is transmitted faithfully via Vāyu to the sages.
The verse is a framing colophon-like statement; it supports the authority of the Revā Māhātmya rather than naming a single tīrtha.
None; it confirms completion/fulfillment of the inquiry and the authenticity of the narration.