Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 11
मन्दाकिनी सरिच्छ्रेष्ठा लक्ष्मीर्वा किमथो उमा । कालरात्रिर्भवेत्साक्षात्प्रकृतिर्वा सुखोचिता
mandākinī saricchreṣṭhā lakṣmīrvā kimatho umā | kālarātrirbhavetsākṣātprakṛtirvā sukhocitā
ती नद्यांमध्ये श्रेष्ठ मन्दाकिनी आहे काय, की लक्ष्मी, अथवा उमा? की ती साक्षात् कालरात्रि आहे, किंवा सुख-कल्याण उत्पन्न करणारी प्रकृती?
Yudhiṣṭhira (continuing the inquiry)
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)
Type: river
Listener: Manu (as the one later replying)
Scene: A speaker beholds a radiant feminine presence associated with a sacred river, questioning whether she is Mandākinī, Lakṣmī, Umā, Kālārātrī, or Prakṛti—multiple halos and iconographic overlays suggested.
FAQs
The divine feminine is celebrated as multi-aspected—nourishing like a river, auspicious like Lakṣmī, and cosmic like Prakṛti.
Indirectly the river-sacredness theme that culminates in the Revā/Narmadā māhātmya; no single named tīrtha appears in this verse.
None in this verse.