Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 56
एवमुक्तो महादेवस्तेन भूतेन भारत । योगीन्द्रं दर्शयामास नखमांसान्तरे तदा
evamukto mahādevastena bhūtena bhārata | yogīndraṃ darśayāmāsa nakhamāṃsāntare tadā
हे भारता, त्या भूताने असे म्हटल्यावर महादेवाने तेव्हा नख व मांस यांच्या मधोमध स्थित योगींद्रास प्रकट करून दाखविले।
Narrator (implied Vaiśampāyana) to Yudhiṣṭhira
Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra – Śiva-ālaya
Type: kshetra
Listener: Bhārata (as addressed)
Scene: Mahādeva, calm and sovereign, gestures to reveal the yogin lodged between nail and flesh; the concealed figure becomes visible to all as the sanctum light intensifies.
FAQs
Śiva’s knowledge penetrates what is hidden; divine grace can disclose and safeguard even those in the most subtle, concealed states.
The Revā/Narmadā sacred landscape frames the episode in the Revā Khaṇḍa, though the verse highlights a miracle rather than a named tīrtha.
None; it is a narrative depiction of revelation and protection.