Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 17
एवमस्त्विति तं चोक्त्वा मुनिं करुणया पुनः । शतभागेन राजेन्द्र स्थित्वा चादर्शनं गतः
evamastviti taṃ coktvā muniṃ karuṇayā punaḥ | śatabhāgena rājendra sthitvā cādarśanaṃ gataḥ
یہ کہہ کر کہ “ایسا ہی ہو”، اُس نے رحم کے ساتھ پھر مُنی سے خطاب کیا؛ اے راجندر، وہ وہاں وقت کے سویں حصے بھر ٹھہرا اور پھر نگاہوں سے اوجھل ہو گیا۔
Śaṅkara (Śiva) (deduced from immediate context; explicit in v.20)
Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (contextual)
Type: ghat
Listener: King (rājendra)
Scene: A radiant deity speaks ‘evam astu’ to a sage; the aura begins to fade as the deity becomes translucent; the kingly listener is implied by narrative address; the riverbank and trees frame the scene.
FAQs
Divine grace responds with compassion, yet the Lord remains beyond grasp—appearing and disappearing according to dharma and necessity.
The surrounding passage continues the praise of a Revā (Narmadā)-region tīrtha in Revākhaṇḍa, Adhyāya 34.
No direct ritual is prescribed in this verse; it narrates the Lord’s compassionate response and disappearance.