Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 4
तुष्टस्तस्या जगन्नाथ कपिलाय महेश्वरः । निःसृतो देहमध्यात्तु अच्छेद्यः परमेश्वरः
tuṣṭastasyā jagannātha kapilāya maheśvaraḥ | niḥsṛto dehamadhyāttu acchedyaḥ parameśvaraḥ
Berkenan akan dirinya, Jagannātha—Mahēśvara—menzahirkan diri demi Kapilā; dari tengah tubuhnya Baginda muncul sebagai Parameśvara Yang Maha Tinggi, tidak terpisah dan tidak terbelah.
Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya
Tirtha: Kapilā/Surabhī-pratiṣṭhita Revā-tīrtha (name implied by episode)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Kapilā/Surabhī stands in devotion; from the center of her body Śiva manifests—radiant, uncuttable, supreme—while the tīrtha landscape (riverbank/forest) glows with auspicious signs.
FAQs
When devotion ripens, the Supreme can reveal Himself in tangible form, establishing a sacred center for the world’s welfare.
Gopāreśvara, the liṅga that manifested in the Narmadā tīrtha region.
No explicit ritual; it narrates the divine manifestation that grounds the tīrtha’s holiness.