Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 13
भ्रमसे ब्रूहि तत्त्वेन विस्मयो मे महान्हृदि । भ्रमतोऽत्र ममार्तस्य मुमूर्षोः प्रहतस्य
bhramase brūhi tattvena vismayo me mahānhṛdi | bhramato'tra mamārtasya mumūrṣoḥ prahatasya
سچ سچ بتاؤ، تم کون ہو جو یہاں پھر رہی ہو؟ میرے دل میں بڑا تعجب پیدا ہوا ہے۔ میں یہاں بھٹکتا رہا، رنجیدہ، موت کے قریب، اور زخمی و مغلوب ہو کر…
Narrator (rescued brāhmaṇa/devotee)
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Divine rescuer (Revā/Devī implied)
Scene: A newly strengthened yet still shaken brāhmaṇa addresses the divine figure, hands in questioning gesture, eyes wide with wonder; the cosmic ocean surrounds them, conveying both peril and revelation.
FAQs
From suffering and helplessness arises humility and inquiry; true devotion seeks to know the divine reality (tattva).
Revā/Narmadā is again foregrounded as the saving presence whose mystery prompts theological reflection.
None; it is an existential appeal and a request for truthful disclosure.