Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 31
ततस्त्वभ्यर्च्य तल्लिङ्गं तस्मिन्नेव पुरोत्तमे । सर्वा अदर्शनं जग्मुर्विद्युतोऽभ्रगणेष्विव
tatastvabhyarcya talliṅgaṃ tasminneva purottame | sarvā adarśanaṃ jagmurvidyuto'bhragaṇeṣviva
ครั้นแล้ว เมื่อบูชาลิงคะนั้นในเขตศักดิ์สิทธิ์อันประเสริฐแล้ว นางทั้งปวงก็อันตรธานไปจากสายตา ดุจสายฟ้าแลบในหมู่เมฆ
Narrator (first-person observer continuing the account)
Tirtha: Unnamed Liṅga-kṣetra in Revā Khaṇḍa
Type: kshetra
Scene: Immediately after worship, the ten women vanish in an instant—like lightning flickering within dense cloud clusters—leaving the precinct momentarily empty and charged.
FAQs
Divine beings may appear and disappear by higher power; the holy place and Śiva-worship are portrayed as gateways to extraordinary spiritual phenomena.
The ‘purottama’ sacred precinct within Revā-kṣetra, as narrated in the Revā Khaṇḍa.
Abhyarcana—full worship of the Śiva Liṅga—performed at the sanctified location.