Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 41
उत्तरे देवि ते कूले वसिष्यन्ति ममाज्ञया । दक्षिणे पितृभिः सार्द्धं तथान्ये सुरसुन्दरि
uttare devi te kūle vasiṣyanti mamājñayā | dakṣiṇe pitṛbhiḥ sārddhaṃ tathānye surasundari
اے دیوی! تیرے شمالی کنارے پر وہ میرے حکم سے بسیں گے؛ اور جنوبی کنارے پر پِتروں کے ساتھ، اور دیگر بھی، اے آسمانی حسن والی۔
Śiva
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha-banks
Type: kshetra
Listener: (Likely) a sage/interlocutor in Revā Khaṇḍa frame (e.g., Nārada or another ṛṣi)
Scene: Śiva’s decree maps the Revā’s two banks: the northern bank luminous with devas and sages; the southern bank shaded, serene, with pitṛs receiving offerings—both banks sanctified under the goddess-river’s presence.
FAQs
Sacred geography is differentiated: distinct banks carry distinct spiritual associations, yet all remain under divine ordinance.
The two banks (uttara-kūla and dakṣiṇa-kūla) of Revā/Narmadā as mapped in Revā Khaṇḍa.
No explicit rite; it outlines where beings dwell/are stationed in the tīrtha’s sacred order.