Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 6
तस्याश्चरणविक्षेपैः सर्वमेकार्णवं जलम् । विक्षिप्तफेनपुञ्जौघैर्नृत्यन्तीव समं ततः
tasyāścaraṇavikṣepaiḥ sarvamekārṇavaṃ jalam | vikṣiptaphenapuñjaughairnṛtyantīva samaṃ tataḥ
Com os rápidos movimentos de seus pés, toda aquela água tornou-se como um único oceano cósmico. As massas de espuma lançadas em turbilhões faziam parecer que as próprias águas dançavam por toda parte.
Narrator (contextual, within Revā Khaṇḍa narration)
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Implied Purāṇic audience
Scene: The cow’s hooves strike and scatter foam; the entire expanse becomes a single cosmic ocean; white foam arcs like garlands; the waters appear to dance in rhythmic waves.
FAQs
Divine śakti can transform fearsome chaos (the deluge) into a controlled, auspicious order—seen here as the ‘dancing’ waters under the Goddess’s power.
Revā/Narmadā herself is glorified as a living tīrtha whose presence sanctifies and protects even amid cosmic dissolution imagery.
No explicit ritual is prescribed in this verse; it is a descriptive mahātmya passage praising the river-goddess’s power.