Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 65
निपपात शिरस्तस्य पर्वताश्च चकम्पिरे । समुद्राः क्षुभिताः पार्थ नद्य उन्मार्गगामिनीः
nipapāta śirastasya parvatāśca cakampire | samudrāḥ kṣubhitāḥ pārtha nadya unmārgagāminīḥ
اس کا سر گر پڑا؛ پہاڑ لرز اٹھے۔ اے پارتھ، سمندر طوفانی ہو گئے اور ندیاں اپنی حد سے نکل کر بے راہ بہنے لگیں۔
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator, likely Sūta/Skanda framework within Revā Khaṇḍa)
Listener: Pārtha (as addressed)
Scene: Tālamegha’s severed head falls; the earth shudders—mountain ridges ripple, oceans churn with whitecaps, rivers surge beyond banks in chaotic braids.
FAQs
When adharma is uprooted, the cosmos itself is depicted as responding—affirming that righteousness is woven into the fabric of the world.
The Revā/Narmadā milieu is the implied sacred geography; the cosmic signs magnify the significance of the event within the Māhātmya.
No ritual instruction is stated in this verse.