विपापान्कुरुते यस्माद्विपापा तेन सा स्मृता । विण्मूत्रनिचयां घोरां पांशुशोणितकर्दमाम्
vipāpānkurute yasmādvipāpā tena sā smṛtā | viṇmūtranicayāṃ ghorāṃ pāṃśuśoṇitakardamām
Parce qu’elle délivre les êtres du péché, on se souvient d’elle comme « Vipāpā », la destructrice des fautes. Elle ôte les terribles amas d’impuretés—tas d’excréments et d’urine—ainsi que la boue mêlée de poussière et de sang.
Skanda (deduced from Revā Khaṇḍa narrative style within Skanda Purāṇa)
Tirtha: Vipāpā (Revā/Narmadā epithet)
Type: ghat
Scene: Devotees bathe at Revā’s ghat; dark, viscous symbolic impurities (filth, blood-mud) dissolve into clear water, transforming into light; the river remains radiant and untainted.
The tīrtha purifies at every level—moral (pāpa), karmic, and even the most defiling impurities—affirming Narmadā as a powerful means of purification.
Revā/Narmadā under the epithet ‘Vipāpā’, celebrated for pāpa-nāśa (destruction of sin).
No direct prescription; the theme supports tīrtha-snānā and expiatory purification (prāyaścitta) through contact with the river.