Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 15
गतिस्त्वमम्बेव पितेव पुत्रांस्त्वं पाहि नो यावदिमं युगान्तम् । कालं त्वनावृष्टिहतं सुघोरं यावत्तरामस्तव सुप्रसादात्
gatistvamambeva piteva putrāṃstvaṃ pāhi no yāvadimaṃ yugāntam | kālaṃ tvanāvṛṣṭihataṃ sughoraṃ yāvattarāmastava suprasādāt
تو ہی ہماری پناہ ہے—ماں کی طرح، باپ کی طرح اپنی اولاد کے لیے۔ اس یُگ کے اختتام تک ہماری حفاظت فرما؛ تاکہ تیرے عظیم فضل سے ہم اس نہایت ہولناک زمانے کو، جو قحطِ باراں سے زخمی ہے، پار کر جائیں۔
Ṛṣis/devotees praising Revā (Narmadā) (deduced from stotra context)
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A drought-stricken land with cracked earth and withered crops; anxious families gather at Revā’s bank, addressing her as mother and father; the river appears as a compassionate goddess extending protection, while a symbolic ‘yugānta’ storm-cloud is held at bay by her grace.
FAQs
Approaching the tīrtha as a compassionate divine parent grants protection and the power to endure and transcend calamity.
Revā/Narmadā, invoked as the protective, salvific river-goddess.
No explicit rite is detailed; the emphasis is on surrender and prayer for protection and passage through hardship.