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
ఓ నరేశ్వరా! ఆమె దంతములు మరుద్గణములు; సాధ్యగణములు కూడా సదా అక్కడే ఉంటారు. ఆమె పవిత్ర ‘హుం’కార ధ్వనిలోనే సాంగముగా, పదక్రమముతో కూడిన నాలుగు వేదములను తెలుసుకొనవలెను.
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.