Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 16
त्रिकूटस्तु इति ख्यातः सर्वरत्नैर्विभूषितः । ततस्तस्मात्त्रिकूटाच्च प्लावयन्ती महीं ययौ
trikūṭastu iti khyātaḥ sarvaratnairvibhūṣitaḥ | tatastasmāttrikūṭācca plāvayantī mahīṃ yayau
तो ‘त्रिकूट’ म्हणून प्रसिद्ध आहे, सर्व रत्नांनी विभूषित। मग त्या त्रिकूटातून ती (धारा) निघून पृथ्वीला प्लावित करीत पुढे गेली।
Narrator (contextual)
Tirtha: Trikūṭa
Type: peak
Scene: A radiant mountain named Trikūṭa glitters with jewels; from its flank a mighty current bursts forth and spreads, inundating the earth in a sacred flood.
FAQs
The Purāṇa frames nature as sacred: mountains are divine abodes and rivers are dynamic blessings that renew the world.
Trikūṭa and the Revā/Narmadā emergence-zone—key nodes in the Reva Khanda pilgrimage map.
None explicitly; the verse functions as a tīrtha-origin account supporting pilgrimage reverence.