Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 8
सकृत्स्नात्वा तथा श्रुत्वा नर्मदायां फलं हि तत् । आदिमध्यावसानेन नर्मदाचरितं शुभम्
sakṛtsnātvā tathā śrutvā narmadāyāṃ phalaṃ hi tat | ādimadhyāvasānena narmadācaritaṃ śubham
Die Frucht, die man durch ein einziges Bad in der Narmadā erlangt, wird ebenso durch das Hören ihrer Herrlichkeit gewonnen. Diese glückverheißende Erzählung von der Narmadā, vom Anfang über die Mitte bis zum Ende vernommen, verleiht eben dieses Verdienst.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced for Āvantya Khaṇḍa narration style)
Tirtha: Narmadā (Revā)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A three-part narrative tableau: (1) opening invocation by the river, (2) mid-scene of devotees listening in rapt attention, (3) concluding benediction as one devotee steps into the Narmadā for a single snāna—showing equivalence of complete hearing and one bath.
FAQs
Śravaṇa (devout listening) to a tīrtha’s māhātmya can confer merit comparable to direct pilgrimage acts like bathing.
The river-tīrtha Narmadā (Revā), praised through her sacred narrative (Narmadā-carita).
Bathing once in the Narmadā and/or listening fully to the Narmadā-carita from start to finish.