Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 31
एतन्मन्त्रं जपेत्तात स्नानस्य लभते फलम् । नमः पुण्यजले देवि नमः सागरगामिनि
etanmantraṃ japettāta snānasya labhate phalam | namaḥ puṇyajale devi namaḥ sāgaragāmini
يا بُنيّ، من يردد هذا المانترا ينال ثمرة الاغتسال الطقسي عينها. سلامٌ لكِ أيتها الإلهة، يا ماءَ البركة؛ سلامٌ لكِ يا من تجري إلى المحيط.
Unspecified in snippet (context: instructional narration within Revā Khaṇḍa)
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)
Type: river
Listener: tāta (addressed disciple/son-like listener)
Scene: A devotee seated at dawn on a riverbank or at home altar, chanting the Revā-mantra; the river-goddess appears as a luminous stream moving toward the ocean.
FAQs
Mantra-japa, when aligned with faith and purity, can confer the merit of sacred bathing by honoring the river as a living Goddess.
The Revā (Narmadā) river-tīrtha as a whole—praised as a purifying sacred water that ultimately reaches the ocean.
Recitation (japa) of the stated mantra is prescribed as a means to obtain the fruit of snāna (ritual bathing).