नर्मदा सरितां श्रेष्ठा सर्वपापप्रणाशिनी । यच्च बाल्यं कृतं पापं दर्शनादेव नश्यति
narmadā saritāṃ śreṣṭhā sarvapāpapraṇāśinī | yacca bālyaṃ kṛtaṃ pāpaṃ darśanādeva naśyati
نهر نارمادا هو أسمى الأنهار، مُبيدٌ لكل الخطايا؛ وحتى الذنب الذي فُعل في الطفولة يزول بمجرد رؤيتها.
Mārkaṇḍeya
Tirtha: Revā/Narmadā
Type: river
Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira
Scene: The Narmadā flows broad and serene; pilgrims on the bank behold her with folded hands; a visual motif of childhood ‘dust’ washing away in the river’s light.
Contact with the sacred—here, the Narmadā—purifies accumulated faults and renews dharmic life.
The Narmadā river itself as a pan-Indian tīrtha, central to the Revā Khaṇḍa.
Darśana (seeing the river) is praised as a purifying act; bathing is implied in the broader tīrtha context.