Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 105
मरुद्गणाः सदा साध्या यस्या दन्ता नरेश्वर । हुङ्कारे चतुरो वेदान् विद्यात्साङ्गपदक्रमान्
marudgaṇāḥ sadā sādhyā yasyā dantā nareśvara | huṅkāre caturo vedān vidyātsāṅgapadakramān
ஓ மனிதரின் அரசே! அவளின் பற்கள் மருத்கணங்களாகவும், சாத்யர்களும் அங்கே என்றும் இருப்பவர்களாகவும் உள்ளனர். அவளின் புனித ‘ஹும்’கரத்திலிருந்து அங்கங்களுடன், பதக்ரமத்துடன் நான்கு வேதங்களையும் அறிய வேண்டும்.
Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya (deduced from nearby dialogue context)
Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: nareśvara / nṛpa
Scene: A cow with subtly luminous teeth like a garland of wind-gods (Maruts) and Sādhyas; from her bellow emerges a visualized stream of Vedic syllables arranged in orderly pada-krama, like script-ribbons.
FAQs
The cow is praised as a living sacred cosmos in which deities and Vedic revelation are symbolically present, inspiring reverence and dharmic conduct.
This verse functions as Gau-māhātmya within the Revā Khaṇḍa’s sacred landscape, emphasizing purity and merit connected with the Narmadā (Revā) region rather than a single named tīrtha in this line.
No direct ritual is prescribed here; it establishes theological symbolism—Vedic sanctity associated with the cow’s sounds and form.