। श्रीमार्कण्डेय उवाच । ततो गच्छेत्तु राजेन्द्र तीर्थं परमशोभनम् । इन्द्रतीर्थेतिविख्यातं नर्मदादक्षिणे तटे
| śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca | tato gacchettu rājendra tīrthaṃ paramaśobhanam | indratīrthetivikhyātaṃ narmadādakṣiṇe taṭe
Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya dit : « Alors, ô roi des rois, qu’on se rende à un tīrtha d’une splendeur suprême, renommé sous le nom d’Indratīrtha, sur la rive méridionale de la Narmadā. »
Mārkaṇḍeya
Tirtha: Indratīrtha
Type: ghat
Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira
Scene: A sage (Mārkaṇḍeya) directs a king toward a radiant riverside tīrtha; the Narmadā flows broad and calm, with a marked ford/ghāṭa on the southern bank and a subtle Indra emblem (vajra) indicating the site’s name.
The Purāṇa maps liberation-oriented dharma onto geography, urging pilgrimage to named tīrthas on the Narmadā.
Indratīrtha, identified as a renowned tīrtha on the Narmadā’s southern bank.
A pilgrimage instruction: to proceed to Indratīrtha as part of the tīrtha itinerary.