Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 44
एवमादिषु तीर्थेषु यत्पुण्यं जायते नृणाम् । नर्मदाचरितं श्रुत्वा तत्पुण्यं सकलं लभेत्
evamādiṣu tīrtheṣu yatpuṇyaṃ jāyate nṛṇām | narmadācaritaṃ śrutvā tatpuṇyaṃ sakalaṃ labhet
এমন ও অন্যান্য তীর্থে মানুষের যে পুণ্য জন্মায়, নর্মদা-চরিত শ্রবণ করলে সেই সমগ্র পুণ্যই সম্পূর্ণভাবে লাভ হয়।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced: Āvantya Khaṇḍa narrative style)
Tirtha: Narmadā (Revā) carita-śravaṇa
Type: kshetra
Scene: A grand concluding tableau: the Narmadā narrative radiates light that transforms into many tīrtha symbols (ghats, sangams, temples), then returns as a single stream of blessing into the listener’s heart.
FAQs
Devotional listening (śravaṇa) to a sacred māhātmya can confer the same spiritual merit as extensive pilgrimage.
The Narmadā’s māhātmya is exalted as encompassing the merit of many tīrthas collectively.
Śravaṇa—hearing the Narmadā-carita—is the explicit practice tied to gaining merit.