Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 35
यदैव मम देहात्त्वं समुद्भूता वरानने । तदैव सर्वपापानां मोचिनी त्वं न संशयः
yadaiva mama dehāttvaṃ samudbhūtā varānane | tadaiva sarvapāpānāṃ mocinī tvaṃ na saṃśayaḥ
যি মুহূৰ্ততে তুমি মোৰ দেহৰ পৰা উদ্ভৱ হ’লা, হে সুন্দৰমুখী, সেই মুহূৰ্তৰ পৰাই তুমি সকলো পাপৰ মোচনী—ইয়াত কোনো সন্দেহ নাই।
Śiva (Maheśa)
Tirtha: Revā/Narmadā
Type: kshetra
Listener: Narmadā (addressed as varānane)
Scene: Cosmic emergence: from Śiva’s luminous form, Revā manifests as a flowing goddess-river, immediately radiating purity; attendants (gaṇas, sages) witness the birth of the sacred river.
FAQs
A tīrtha’s purifying power is grounded in divine origin—Narmadā’s sanctity is intrinsic because she arises from Śiva.
Narmadā/Revā as a Śiva-sambhūtā (Śiva-origin) river, hence universally purifying.
Implicitly supports snāna and tīrtha-sevā as sin-removing due to the river’s Śaiva origin.