Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 1
श्रीमार्कण्डेय उवाच । कामप्रमोदिनीसख्यो नीयमानां च तेन तु । दृष्ट्वा ताश्चुक्रुशुः सर्वा निःसृत्य जलमध्यतः
śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca | kāmapramodinīsakhyo nīyamānāṃ ca tena tu | dṛṣṭvā tāścukruśuḥ sarvā niḥsṛtya jalamadhyataḥ
श्रीमार्कण्डेय उवाच— तेन नीयमानां कामप्रमोदिनीं दृष्ट्वा, जलमध्यात् निःसृत्य तस्याः सख्यः सर्वाः चुक्रुशुः।
Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya
Type: kund
Scene: A pond/river pool with lotus leaves; a young woman (Kāmapramodinī) being seized and carried upward by a powerful hawk; her companions rise from the water, arms lifted, crying out.
FAQs
Suffering in the world is witnessed by the community; the cry for help becomes the narrative seed for dharmic rescue and divine justice.
The Revā/Narmadā sacred region remains the narrative backdrop, though this verse focuses on the event rather than explicit tirtha praise.
None directly; it introduces the spoken narration of Mārkaṇḍeya and the crisis moment.
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