Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 55
आगतो नर्मदातीरे ब्रह्मा लोकपितामहः । योऽसौ सर्वजगद्व्यापी स्वयं साक्षान्महेश्वरः
āgato narmadātīre brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ | yo'sau sarvajagadvyāpī svayaṃ sākṣānmaheśvaraḥ
An das Ufer der Narmadā kam Brahmā, der Großvater der Welten; und auch jener, der das ganze All durchdringt: Maheśvara selbst, unmittelbar offenbar.
Narrator (contextual; within the Anasūyā episode at Revā/Narmadā)
Tirtha: Revā/Narmadā-tīra
Type: tirtha
Scene: On the luminous bank of the Narmadā, Brahmā arrives with the aura of the cosmic grandsire; beside him manifests Maheśvara, vast and all-pervading, making the riverbank glow like a celestial assembly.
FAQs
At a sanctified tīrtha, the transcendent Lord can become directly perceptible, affirming divine immanence.
Narmadā-tīra (Revā riverbank), portrayed as a place where even the highest deities appear.
No explicit prescription; the verse establishes the tīrtha’s exalted potency through divine visitation.