Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 49
सा च देवी दिशः सर्वा व्याप्य मृत्युरिव स्थिता । युगक्षयकरे काले देवेन विनियोजिता
sā ca devī diśaḥ sarvā vyāpya mṛtyuriva sthitā | yugakṣayakare kāle devena viniyojitā
اور وہ دیوی سب سمتوں میں چھا کر خود موت کی مانند کھڑی تھی—یُگ کے خاتمے والے اس وقت کے لیے، پروردگار کی طرف سے مقرر کی گئی۔
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) [deduced; exact speaker not in snippet]
Scene: Devī stands pervading all directions like embodied Death—still, vast, and inescapable—explicitly shown as commissioned by the Lord at the time of yuga-ending.
FAQs
The Divine also appears as dissolution and boundary—destruction here is purposeful, serving cosmic order under the Lord’s command.
The broader Revā Khaṇḍa is tied to the sanctity of the Revā (Narmadā) region; this verse itself focuses on cosmic imagery rather than a named site.
None; the verse establishes theological context (divine appointment at yuga’s end).