Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 70
युगं कलिं घोरमिमं य इच्छेद्द्रष्टुं कदाचिन्न पुनर्द्विजेन्द्रः । स नर्मदातीरमुपेत्य सर्वं सम्पूजयेत्सर्वविमुक्तसंगः
yugaṃ kaliṃ ghoramimaṃ ya iccheddraṣṭuṃ kadācinna punardvijendraḥ | sa narmadātīramupetya sarvaṃ sampūjayetsarvavimuktasaṃgaḥ
يا خيرَ المولودين مرتين، من أراد أن يشهد هذا العصرَ الرهيبَ، عصرَ كالي، وألا يُغلَبَ مرةً أخرى، فليأتِ إلى ضفةِ نَرْمَدَا وليعبد هناك بكلِّ وجه، متحررًا من كلِّ تعلّق.
Unspecified (contextual narrator within Revā Khaṇḍa; exhortative Purāṇic voice)
Tirtha: Narmadā-tīra
Type: ghat
Listener: dvijendra (best of twice-born)
Scene: A learned brāhmaṇa is addressed; a solitary sādhaka reaches the Narmadā bank at dawn, lays aside possessions, and performs complete worship—lamp, water, bilva—while dark, chaotic Kali-yuga imagery fades behind him.
FAQs
Detachment and wholehearted worship at a great tīrtha—especially Narmadā’s bank—are presented as a protection amid Kali-yuga.
The Narmadā (Revā) riverbank is upheld as a sanctifying pilgrimage locus.
Approach the Narmadā’s bank and perform complete worship (sampūjā) with a mind free from attachment.