Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 41
नर्मदा विमलाम्भा च विमलेन्दुशुभानना । तमोभूते महाघोरे यस्मादेषा महाप्रभा
narmadā vimalāmbhā ca vimalenduśubhānanā | tamobhūte mahāghore yasmādeṣā mahāprabhā
সি ‘নৰ্মদা’, ‘বিমলাম্ভা’ (পবিত্ৰ জলে ভৰা) আৰু ‘বিমলেন্দু-শুভাননা’ (নিষ্কলংক চন্দ্ৰৰ দৰে মনোহৰ মুখমণ্ডল) বুলিও খ্যাত। ভয়ংকৰ অন্ধকাৰত যিহেতু সি মহাতেজে দীপ্ত হয়, সেয়েহে সি ‘মহাপ্ৰভা’।
Skanda (deduced from Revā Khaṇḍa narrative style within Skanda Purāṇa)
Tirtha: Narmadā (also Vimalāmbhā, Vimalendu-śubhānanā, Mahāprabhā)
Type: river
Scene: Narmadā as a radiant goddess emerging in a dark, fearsome landscape; her waters gleam pure, her face like a stainless full moon, illuminating devotees and the riverbanks.
FAQs
The divine river embodies purity and luminous grace—she dispels darkness (inner ignorance and outer dread) through her sanctifying presence.
Revā/Narmadā, praised through multiple epithets that highlight her purity and radiance as a sacred tīrtha.
None explicitly; the passage functions as nāma-māhātmya, encouraging devotional remembrance and praise of the river’s holy names.