Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 71
विघ्नैरनेकैरतियोज्यमाना ये तीरमुझन्ति न नर्मदायाः । ते चैव सर्वस्य हितार्थभूता वन्द्याश्च ते सर्वजनस्य मान्याः
vighnairanekairatiyojyamānā ye tīramujhanti na narmadāyāḥ | te caiva sarvasya hitārthabhūtā vandyāśca te sarvajanasya mānyāḥ
الذين، وإن أُلجِئوا بعوائقَ كثيرة، لا يتركون ضفةَ نَرْمَدَا؛ أولئك يصيرون سببًا لخيرِ الجميع، وهم جديرون بالتبجيل ومكرَّمون عند كلِّ الناس.
Unspecified (contextual narrator within Revā Khaṇḍa)
Tirtha: Narmadā-taṭa
Type: ghat
Scene: Devotees remain on the Narmadā bank through storms, illness, and social pressures; they continue lamp-lighting and service, and the community benefits—travelers are sheltered, the hungry fed, and the riverbank kept pure.
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Steadfastness in sacred practice at a tīrtha transforms the devotee into a benefactor of society and worthy of reverence.
The Narmadā riverbank (Revā-tīra).
A practical vow-like instruction: do not give up the Narmadā’s bank even when impediments arise.