Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 6
का सा पद्मपलाशाक्षी तमोभूते महार्णवे । योगिवद्भ्रमते नित्यं रुद्रजां स्वां च याब्रवीत्
kā sā padmapalāśākṣī tamobhūte mahārṇave | yogivadbhramate nityaṃ rudrajāṃ svāṃ ca yābravīt
ती कोण पद्मपलाश-नेत्री कन्या आहे, जी तमोमय झालेल्या महा-अर्णवात योगिनीसारखी नित्य भ्रमण करते, आणि जी स्वतःला ‘मी रुद्रजा आहे’ असे सांगते?
Yudhiṣṭhira
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)
Type: river
Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira (explicit in nearby verse)
Scene: A lotus-eyed dark maiden moves alone across a vast ocean turned to darkness, like a yoginī in effortless wandering; the horizon is minimal, the cosmos in suspension.
FAQs
The Purāṇas invite inquiry into divine origins and cosmic symbolism, linking yogic wandering with transcendent birth.
None is specified in this question-verse; it sets up an origin account rather than praising a named tirtha.
None; it is an interrogative verse introducing a forthcoming narrative.