Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 2
आस्तां पुरा महादैत्यौ चण्डमुण्डौ सुदारुणौ । नर्मदातीरमाश्रित्य चेरतुर्विपुलं तपः
āstāṃ purā mahādaityau caṇḍamuṇḍau sudāruṇau | narmadātīramāśritya ceraturvipulaṃ tapaḥ
Pada zaman dahulu ada dua raksasa besar yang sangat mengerikan, bernama Caṇḍa dan Muṇḍa. Berlindung di tepi Sungai Narmadā, mereka menjalani tapa yang amat berat.
Mārkaṇḍeya
Tirtha: Revā/Narmadā-tīra (Caṇḍāditya context)
Type: river
Listener: King
Scene: Two formidable asuras, Caṇḍa and Muṇḍa, perform severe austerities on the Narmadā bank—standing in penance, surrounded by heat-haze, river flowing calmly beside them.
FAQs
Even fierce beings seek power through tapas; the Purāṇas frame austerity as a force that compels divine response.
The Narmadā riverbank setting introduces the Caṇḍāditya tīrtha legend within the Revā Khaṇḍa.
No direct prescription; it narrates the background that leads to the tīrtha’s sanctity.