Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 3
ततोऽर्धरात्रे सम्प्राप्त उत्थिता जलमध्यतः । विमलाम्बरसंवीता दिव्यमालाविभूषिता
tato'rdharātre samprāpta utthitā jalamadhyataḥ | vimalāmbarasaṃvītā divyamālāvibhūṣitā
ထို့နောက် သန်းခေါင်ယံရောက်သော် ရေ၏အလယ်မှ ထွက်ပေါ်လာ၍ အညစ်အကြေးကင်းသော ဝတ်ရုံဖြူစင်ကို ဝတ်ဆင်ကာ တိဗ္ဗပန်းကုံးဖြင့် တန်ဆာဆင်ထား၏။
Mārkaṇḍeya (continuing narration)
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)
Type: river
Scene: At midnight, from the dark, gently rippling river, the Devī rises waist-deep, luminous; she wears spotless white garments and a celestial garland, her radiance reflecting on the water while sages watch in awe from the bank.
FAQs
The tīrtha is a living divine presence; the sacred waters are portrayed as the very locus of the Goddess’s manifestation.
Revā/Narmadā—her waters as the immediate setting of divine emergence.
No explicit prescription; the verse is descriptive, reinforcing the sanctity of the river’s waters.
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