Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 18
ध्रुवं लोके हितार्थाय शिवेन स्वशरीरतः । शक्तिः कापि सरिद्रूपा रेवेयमवतारिता
dhruvaṃ loke hitārthāya śivena svaśarīrataḥ | śaktiḥ kāpi saridrūpā reveyamavatāritā
निश्चितच लोकहितासाठी शिवाने आपल्या देहातून एक दिव्य शक्ती नदीरूपाने अवतरित केली—हीच रेवा आहे।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Śiva radiates a stream of luminous śakti from his body that becomes a flowing river on earth; devas shower flowers as the river descends to nourish the world.
FAQs
Revā is declared a divine descent for universal welfare—Śiva’s own śakti manifesting as sacred geography.
Revā/Narmadā as a goddess-river whose very origin is Śaiva and salvific.
No explicit ritual; the verse provides the mythic-theological foundation for reverence, snāna, and pilgrimage to Revā.