Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 14
यानि सन्तीह तीर्थानि पुण्यानि नृपसत्तम । यानि यानीह तीर्थानि नर्मदायास्तटद्वये
yāni santīha tīrthāni puṇyāni nṛpasattama | yāni yānīha tīrthāni narmadāyāstaṭadvaye
Quels que soient les tīrthas qui se trouvent ici—saints et dispensateurs de puṇya, ô le meilleur des rois—quels que soient les tīrthas qui existent ici sur les deux rives de la Narmadā…
Vāyu (deduced)
Tirtha: Revā/Narmadā tīrthas (ubhayataṭa)
Type: river
Listener: A king (nṛpasattama addressed)
Scene: A panoramic ‘map-scene’ of the Narmadā winding through forests and settlements, with many marked tīrthas on both banks—ghats, kundas, small shrines—pilgrims bathing and offering lamps.
FAQs
The Narmadā’s entire riverine landscape—both banks—is portrayed as saturated with puṇya through countless tīrthas.
Not one single ford; the verse praises the totality of Narmadā’s tīrthas spread along both riverbanks.
No explicit rite is stated; the implied practice is tīrtha-yātrā—pilgrimage along the Narmadā banks.