Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 27
तथानिष्टतराणां हि रुद्रस्य वचनं यथा । नर्मदा सरितां श्रेष्ठा रुद्रदेहाद्विनिःसृता
tathāniṣṭatarāṇāṃ hi rudrasya vacanaṃ yathā | narmadā saritāṃ śreṣṭhā rudradehādviniḥsṛtā
Así también es infalible la palabra de Rudra, aun hacia los de peor disposición. La Narmadā, la mejor de los ríos, brotó del propio cuerpo de Rudra.
Unspecified (Revā Khaṇḍa narrator praising Narmadā’s divine origin)
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)
Type: river
Listener: null
Scene: Cosmic Rudra stands in austere majesty; from his body (often from matted locks or a divine pore) streams the Narmadā as a luminous river-goddess, descending to earth; sages and pilgrims witness in awe.
FAQs
Narmadā’s sanctity is rooted in her Śaiva origin; what arises from Rudra carries exceptional purifying power.
The Revā/Narmadā river itself is glorified as the supreme sacred river within this section.
No direct ritual here; it establishes theological authority for later practices like snāna and pilgrimage on the Narmadā.