Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 6
यावद्धराधरो लोके यावच्चन्द्रदिवाकरौ । नद्यो नदाः समुद्राश्च वरो मे चाक्षयो भवेत्
yāvaddharādharo loke yāvaccandradivākarau | nadyo nadāḥ samudrāśca varo me cākṣayo bhavet
यावद्धराधरा लोके तिष्ठन्ति यावच्चन्द्रदिवाकरौ । यावन्नद्यः सरितः सिन्धवश्च सन्ति तावन्ममायं वरः अक्षयो भवेत् ॥
Aṅgāraka (Maṅgala/Mars)
Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A supplicant pronounces a vow-like request for an imperishable boon, with cosmic emblems—mountains, sun, moon, rivers and ocean—arrayed as witnesses behind him; the deity’s presence implied as the granter.
FAQs
The devotee seeks akṣayatva (imperishability), aligning personal destiny with enduring dharmic order upheld across cosmic time.
The Revā (Narmadā) milieu is implied; the chapter’s later verses attach akṣaya merit to a particular tīrtha and Śiva worship there.
No ritual here—this is the formulation of an imperishable boon request.
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