Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 88
गर्जन्प्रावृषि काले तु विषाणाभ्यां भुवं लिखन् । खुरेभ्यो या मृदुद्भूता तया संप्रीणयेदृषीन्
garjanprāvṛṣi kāle tu viṣāṇābhyāṃ bhuvaṃ likhan | khurebhyo yā mṛdudbhūtā tayā saṃprīṇayedṛṣīn
เมื่อมันคำรามในฤดูฝน และใช้เขาขูดเขียนแผ่นดิน ดินอ่อนที่ผุดขึ้นจากกีบของมัน—ด้วยดินนั้นพึงบูชาให้ฤๅษีทั้งหลายพอใจ
Unspecified in snippet (Revākhaṇḍa narrative voice)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A monsoon landscape near a sacred ford: a dharmic bull/cow bellows, scratches earth with horns; soft wet earth rises from hooves; sages receive the offering in a calm hermitage setting.
FAQs
Purāṇic dharma often reads sacred value into natural actions, presenting them as sources of merit that honor higher beings like Ṛṣis.
The Revā (Narmadā) sacred region is the implied frame; the verse itself highlights ṛṣi-satisfaction rather than a named tirtha.
No explicit ritual; it states a merit-effect: Ṛṣis are ‘satisfied’ through the described symbolic action.