Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 10
स्थाणुवत्संस्थिता साभूद्दिव्यं वर्षसहस्रकम् । तत इन्द्रादयो देवाः शङ्खचक्रगदाधराः
sthāṇuvatsaṃsthitā sābhūddivyaṃ varṣasahasrakam | tata indrādayo devāḥ śaṅkhacakragadādharāḥ
ఆమె వెయ్యి దివ్య సంవత్సరాలు స్థంభంలా కదలకుండా నిలిచింది. అప్పుడు శంఖ-చక్ర-గదాధారులైన ఇంద్రాది దేవతలు (అక్కడికి) వచ్చారు।
Mārkaṇḍeya (continuing narration)
Tirtha: Sāgarānta-tīrtha (ocean-shore, unspecified)
Type: tirtha
Scene: Lakṣmī stands motionless like a pillar for a thousand divine years at the ocean’s edge; then a procession of gods arrives, some depicted with Vaiṣṇava emblems (śaṅkha, cakra, gadā), creating a dramatic, luminous convergence.
FAQs
Steadfastness (niṣṭhā) in spiritual practice is portrayed as the foundation for divine encounter and fulfillment.
Within the Revākhaṇḍa’s sacred landscape, the ocean-edge retreat is presented as a potent setting for tapas.
Austerity with immovable steadiness is described; no detailed rite is specified.
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