Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 38
प्लावयन्ती विराजन्ती तेन रेवा इति स्मृता । भार्यापुत्रसुदुःखाढ्यान्नराञ्छापैः समावृतान्
plāvayantī virājantī tena revā iti smṛtā | bhāryāputrasuduḥkhāḍhyānnarāñchāpaiḥ samāvṛtān
যিহেতু তাই জীৱসকলক পাৰ কৰায় আৰু দীপ্তিময়ী হৈ উজলি থাকে, সেয়েহে তাই ‘ৰেৱা’ বুলি স্মৃত। তাই শাপবেষ্টিত আৰু পত্নী-পুত্ৰ-সম্পৰ্কীয় তীব্ৰ দুঃখৰ ভাৰে নত মানুহক সহায় কৰে।
Skanda (deduced from Revā Khaṇḍa narrative style within Skanda Purāṇa)
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Revā appears as a luminous river-devi extending protection to sorrowing men and women; shadowy curse-symbols dissolve as her shining waters carry them across.
FAQs
Revā is praised as a deliverer—she carries beings beyond distress, including karmic afflictions like curses and intense household suffering.
Revā/Narmadā as a tīrtha granting upliftment from worldly pain and misfortune.
No explicit ritual is stated; the verse implies seeking refuge at the river (snāna, darśana, and stuti are typical tīrtha practices).