Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 55
इति निगदितमेतन्नर्मदायाश्चरित्रं पवनगदितमग्र्यं शर्ववक्त्रादवाप्य । त्रिभुवनजनवन्द्यं त्वेतदादौ मुनीनां कुलपतिपुरतस्तत्सूतमुख्येन साधु
iti nigaditametannarmadāyāścaritraṃ pavanagaditamagryaṃ śarvavaktrādavāpya | tribhuvanajanavandyaṃ tvetadādau munīnāṃ kulapatipuratastatsūtamukhyena sādhu
So ist diese erhabene Erzählung von der Narmadā verkündet worden—zuerst von Pavana gesprochen und aus dem Munde Śarvas (Śivas) empfangen. Von den Wesen der drei Welten verehrt, wurde sie zu Beginn in rechter Weise vor den Weisen, in Gegenwart ihres Oberhauptes, von dem vornehmsten der Sūtas dargelegt.
Sūta (explicit: sūta-mukhya; closing colophon of the narration)
Tirtha: Revā/Narmadā
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis led by their kulapati
Scene: A concluding scene: a Sūta recites the Narmadā-caritra before an assembly of sages led by their kulapati; above/behind, Śiva as the ultimate source and Pavana as the first speaker are suggested as a lineage of transmission; the river Narmadā is personified, revered by beings of the three worlds.
FAQs
The sanctity of a tīrtha-narrative is reinforced through its divine lineage of transmission, establishing it as worthy of faith, hearing, and preservation.
The Narmadā (Revā) river and her sacred narrative tradition.
No direct ritual is prescribed; the verse functions as an authoritative conclusion and validation of the Māhātmya narration.