Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 9
तत्र स्थित्वा महादेवो देवैः सह महीपते । भ्रान्त्वा भ्रान्त्वा चिरं श्रान्तो निर्विण्णो निषसाद ह
tatra sthitvā mahādevo devaiḥ saha mahīpate | bhrāntvā bhrāntvā ciraṃ śrānto nirviṇṇo niṣasāda ha
तत्र स्थित्वा महादेवो देवैः सह महीपते। भ्रान्त्वा भ्रान्त्वा चिरं श्रान्तो निर्विण्णो निषसाद ह॥
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the assembled sages (deduced from Āvantya Khaṇḍa narrative style)
Tirtha: Bhṛgu-parvata vicinity (Revā-kṣetra adjunct)
Type: peak
Listener: Nṛpa (King)
Scene: On a rugged riverside mountain, Śiva with devas appears after long wandering—dusty, contemplative—then sits in a moment of profound dispassion, the landscape quieting around him.
FAQs
Even the greatest divine acts culminate in vairāgya (detachment); sacred places are approached with humility and inner stillness.
The verse sets the scene in the Revā Khaṇḍa’s tīrtha-field that will be identified through subsequent verses (Śūlabheda/Cakatīrtha complex near the Revā/Narmadā).
No explicit rite is stated here; it functions as narrative preparation for the tīrtha-māhātmya and later snāna instructions.