Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 45
तामुज्जहारार्णवतोयमग्नां करी निमग्नामिव हस्तिनीं हठात् । नावं विशीर्णामिव तोयमध्यादुदीर्णसत्त्वोऽनुपमप्रभावः
tāmujjahārārṇavatoyamagnāṃ karī nimagnāmiva hastinīṃ haṭhāt | nāvaṃ viśīrṇāmiva toyamadhyādudīrṇasattvo'nupamaprabhāvaḥ
Dengan gagah Ia mengangkat Bumi yang tenggelam di kedalaman samudera—seperti gajah mengangkat gajah betina yang terbenam. Dengan kekuatan yang meluap dan wibawa tiada bandingan, Ia menariknya keluar laksana mengangkat perahu yang pecah dari tengah air.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) [deduced]
Scene: The Lord hauls Earth from the ocean like an elephant lifting a submerged mate; also like retrieving a shattered boat from mid-waters—dynamic, forceful upward motion.
FAQs
The Lord’s saving action is decisive and compassionate—He restores the world from ruin with unmatched strength.
No specific tīrtha is named; the verse continues the Varāha episode within the Revā-khaṇḍa narrative.
No explicit ritual instruction appears in this verse.