Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 53
एतच्छ्रुत्वा ययुर्देवा यथागतमरिन्दम । भावयित्वा ततः सर्वे मुनयश्चैव भारत
etacchrutvā yayurdevā yathāgatamarindama | bhāvayitvā tataḥ sarve munayaścaiva bhārata
یہ سن کر، اے دشمنوں کو دبانے والے، دیوتا جیسے آئے تھے ویسے ہی روانہ ہو گئے۔ پھر، اے بھارت، سب رشی بھی اس پر دھیان کر کے آگے بڑھ گئے۔
Narrator (addressing a listener styled 'Bhārata/Arindama')
Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Bhārata-address suggests a Mahābhārata-style interlocution; exact listener not explicit
Scene: Devas depart in orderly fashion from a sacred gathering; sages remain briefly, heads bowed in contemplation, then begin walking onward along a river path.
FAQs
Right action follows right hearing: one should listen, reflect (bhāvana), and then proceed with steadiness.
The Revā (Narmadā) sacred domain remains the background; this verse is transitional rather than tīrtha-descriptive.
No explicit ritual; it highlights śravaṇa (hearing) and manana/bhāvana (reflection) as spiritual disciplines.