Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 78
या गता त्वां परित्यज्य भूतले सुप्रतिष्ठिता । इमां च प्रेक्षसे विप्र नर्मदां सरितां वराम्
yā gatā tvāṃ parityajya bhūtale supratiṣṭhitā | imāṃ ca prekṣase vipra narmadāṃ saritāṃ varām
যে দেবী তোমাকে পরিত্যাগ করে গমন করেছিলেন, তিনি ভূতলে সুপ্রতিষ্ঠিত হয়েছেন। আর এখন, হে বিপ্র, তুমি নদীগণের শ্রেষ্ঠা নর্মদার দর্শন করছ।
Devī
Tirtha: Narmadā (Revā)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Brāhmaṇa / vipra addressed within the narrative
Scene: A brāhmaṇa-sage is shown beholding the Narmadā for the first time after a divine explanation; the river appears as a luminous goddess rising from flowing waters, with forested banks and tīrtha markers.
FAQs
Divinity becomes ‘established’ in the world as a saving presence; beholding the sacred river is itself a grace-bearing encounter.
Narmadā (Revā) as a supreme tīrtha-river, central to the Revā Khaṇḍa.
Not stated here, but the emphasis is on darśana (beholding) of Narmadā as spiritually potent.
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