Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 4
तुष्टस्तस्या जगन्नाथ कपिलाय महेश्वरः । निःसृतो देहमध्यात्तु अच्छेद्यः परमेश्वरः
tuṣṭastasyā jagannātha kapilāya maheśvaraḥ | niḥsṛto dehamadhyāttu acchedyaḥ parameśvaraḥ
اس پر خوش ہو کر جگت ناتھ مہیشور کپیلا کے لیے ظاہر ہوئے؛ اس کے جسم کے بیچ سے ناقابلِ تقسیم پرمیشور، ابدی ربّ، جلوہ گر ہوا۔
Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya
Tirtha: Kapilā/Surabhī-pratiṣṭhita Revā-tīrtha (name implied by episode)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Kapilā/Surabhī stands in devotion; from the center of her body Śiva manifests—radiant, uncuttable, supreme—while the tīrtha landscape (riverbank/forest) glows with auspicious signs.
FAQs
When devotion ripens, the Supreme can reveal Himself in tangible form, establishing a sacred center for the world’s welfare.
Gopāreśvara, the liṅga that manifested in the Narmadā tīrtha region.
No explicit ritual; it narrates the divine manifestation that grounds the tīrtha’s holiness.