Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 78
सोऽभिज्ञानं ततो दृष्ट्वा नीत्वास्थीनि नरेश्वर । पूर्वोक्तेन विधानेन प्राक्षिपं नार्मदा मसिपुष्पवृष्टिःऽशु साधु साध्विति पाण्डव । विमानं च ततो दिव्यमागतं बर्हिणस्तदा
so'bhijñānaṃ tato dṛṣṭvā nītvāsthīni nareśvara | pūrvoktena vidhānena prākṣipaṃ nārmadā masipuṣpavṛṣṭiḥ'śu sādhu sādhviti pāṇḍava | vimānaṃ ca tato divyamāgataṃ barhiṇastadā
ततोऽभिज्ञानं दृष्ट्वा नरेश्वर, अस्थीनि गृहीत्वा पूर्वोक्तविधिना नर्मदायां प्राक्षिपम्। तत्क्षणं खड्गपुष्पवृष्टिरभवत्—“साधु साधु” इति घोषैः, हे पाण्डव; अनन्तरं दिव्यं विमानं तत्र बर्हिण इवागतम्।
Narrator addressing a Pāṇḍava king (listener addressed as nareśvara, pāṇḍava)
Tirtha: Narmadā-tīrtha (Hanūmanteśvara vicinity)
Type: kshetra
Listener: A Pāṇḍava (likely Yudhiṣṭhira in typical Purāṇic framing, but not explicit)
Scene: On the bank of the Narmadā, the narrator casts collected bones into the flowing river as per rite; immediately a shower of sword-like blossoms descends while unseen voices acclaim ‘sādhu sādhu’; a radiant vimāna appears in the sky above the riverbank.
FAQs
When rites are performed exactly as enjoined at a powerful tīrtha, the unseen world responds with auspicious signs, affirming the efficacy of dharma.
The Narmadā (Revā) and its tīrtha-setting in this chapter, associated with Hanūmanteśvara.
Immerse the remains in the Narmadā following the previously taught method, after verifying the identification token.