Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 4
नाभौ समुत्थितं पद्मं रविमण्डलसन्निभम् । कर्णिकाकेसरोपेतं पत्रैश्च समलंकृतम्
nābhau samutthitaṃ padmaṃ ravimaṇḍalasannibham | karṇikākesaropetaṃ patraiśca samalaṃkṛtam
اُن کی ناف سے ایک کنول اُبھرا، سورج کے منڈل کی مانند درخشاں؛ اس میں گُچھا اور ریشے تھے، اور پنکھڑیوں سے خوب آراستہ تھا۔
Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya
Scene: A radiant lotus rises from Viṣṇu’s navel, blazing like the sun’s disc; detailed pericarp and filaments; petals layered and symmetrical against the dark ocean.
FAQs
Creation is portrayed as sacred and ordered; the cosmic lotus imagery underlines divine intentionality, often used to sanctify later tīrtha narratives.
This verse continues the cosmogonic prelude; it indirectly supports the Rohiṇī-tīrtha māhātmya but does not name the site itself.
None; descriptive cosmology.