Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 16
लयं गता तत्र लिङ्गे तेन पुण्यतमा हि सा । नर्मदायां वसन्नित्यं नर्मदाम्बु पिबन्सदा । दीक्षितः सर्वयज्ञेषु सोमपानं दिने दिने
layaṃ gatā tatra liṅge tena puṇyatamā hi sā | narmadāyāṃ vasannityaṃ narmadāmbu pibansadā | dīkṣitaḥ sarvayajñeṣu somapānaṃ dine dine
Là, elle se résorba dans ce liṅga ; c’est pourquoi elle est, en vérité, la plus sainte. Celui qui demeure toujours auprès de la Narmadā et boit sans cesse l’eau de la Narmadā est tenu pour initié à tous les yajñas, comme s’il buvait le Soma jour après jour par le mérite.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) and her liṅga-sambandha tīrtha
Type: kshetra
Scene: Narmadā as a luminous stream flowing beside ascetics; a Śiva-liṅga stands as her source/merging point; devotees drink her water in ācamana, depicted as receiving invisible dīkṣā and soma-like radiance.
FAQs
Service to the Narmadā—dwelling near her and honoring her waters—confers extraordinary sacrificial merit and purification.
The Narmadā, especially in relation to the liṅga at the Revā–Sāgara-saṅgama.
Narmadā-sevā: residing by the river and ritually partaking of her sanctified water, equated in merit to Soma-drinking and universal dīkṣā.