Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 76
श्रीदेव्युवाच । कृष्णः स पुरुषः सुप्तो द्वितीयोऽप्यागतो हरः । ये चत्वारश्च ते कुम्भाः समुद्रास्ते द्विजोत्तम
śrīdevyuvāca | kṛṣṇaḥ sa puruṣaḥ supto dvitīyo'pyāgato haraḥ | ye catvāraśca te kumbhāḥ samudrāste dvijottama
شری دیوی نے فرمایا: “وہ سیاہ فام پُرش جسے تم نے سویا ہوا دیکھا، وہ کرشن (وشنو) ہے۔ دوسرا جو آیا، وہ ہر (شیو) ہے۔ اور وہ چار گھڑے، اے برہمنوں میں افضل، چار سمندر ہیں۔”
Devī
Tirtha: Revā-kshetra (cosmic-symbol teaching site)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Dvijottama (best of Brahmins)
Scene: Devī points out the sleeping dark-hued figure as Kṛṣṇa/Viṣṇu, the approaching figure as Hara/Śiva, and four jars as the four oceans—transforming a simple scene into a cosmic diagram.
FAQs
The Purāṇa harmonizes Viṣṇu and Śiva as cosmic principles, unveiling sacred symbolism behind visionary forms.
The Revā (Narmadā) sacred landscape, where divine revelation interprets a vision connected to the river’s māhātmya.
None directly; the verse is interpretive—decoding the vision’s symbols.