Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 18
सप्तषष्टिसहस्राणि सप्तषष्टिशतानि च । सप्तषष्टिस्तथा कोट्यो वायुस्तीर्थानि चाब्रवीत्
saptaṣaṣṭisahasrāṇi saptaṣaṣṭiśatāni ca | saptaṣaṣṭistathā koṭyo vāyustīrthāni cābravīt
అరవైఏడు సహస్రాలు, అరవైఏడు శతాలు కూడా; అలాగే అరవైఏడు కోట్లు—ఇట్లు వాయుదేవుడు తీర్థాలను ప్రకటించాడు.
Vāyu
Tirtha: Revā tīrthāni (as declared by Vāyu)
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: Vāyu personified as a radiant deity moving over the river, ‘speaking’ tīrtha numbers; the riverbanks sparkle with countless sacred points, like stars mapped onto earth.
FAQs
The tradition uses sacred enumeration to communicate inexhaustible holiness—Revā’s tīrthas are beyond ordinary counting.
The collective tīrthas of the Revā/Narmadā region, presented through Vāyu’s authoritative count.
None; the focus is doxological—magnifying the tīrtha-network to inspire pilgrimage and reverence.