Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 14
दक्षिणे चोत्तरे कूले यानि तीर्थानि कानिचित् । प्रधानतः सुपुण्यानि कथितानि विशेषतः
dakṣiṇe cottare kūle yāni tīrthāni kānicit | pradhānataḥ supuṇyāni kathitāni viśeṣataḥ
Quels que soient les tīrtha sur la rive du sud et sur celle du nord, les plus éminents d’entre eux—d’un mérite surabondant—ont été décrits tout spécialement.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha system—north and south banks
Type: river
Listener: Pārtha (Arjuna)
Scene: A map-like river scene: Revā flowing through forests and settlements; on both banks, marked tīrthas with small shrines, ghāṭas, and ascetics; a narrator-figure gestures to ‘principal’ sites.
FAQs
The Narmadā’s banks are mapped as sacred geography; select tīrthas are highlighted as especially merit-giving.
The tīrthas along both banks of the Narmadā in general; this verse serves as a summary of those described.
None directly; it frames pilgrimage attention toward the pradhāna (foremost) tīrthas.