Shloka 1
Narmadā–Tīrtha-Māhātmya: Sequence of Sacred Fords and Their Fruits
इति श्रीकूर्मपुराणे षट्साहस्त्र्यां संहितायामुपरिविभागे अष्टात्रिशो ऽध्यायः मार्कण्डेय उवाच नर्मदा सरितां श्रेष्ठा सर्वपापविनाशिनी / मुनिभिः कथिता पूर्वमीश्वरेण स्वयंभुवा
iti śrīkūrmapurāṇe ṣaṭsāhastryāṃ saṃhitāyāmuparivibhāge aṣṭātriśo 'dhyāyaḥ mārkaṇḍeya uvāca narmadā saritāṃ śreṣṭhā sarvapāpavināśinī / munibhiḥ kathitā pūrvamīśvareṇa svayaṃbhuvā
かくして『シュリー・クールマ・プラーナ』六千頌集（Ṣaṭsāhasrī Saṃhitā）後分、第三十八章。マールカンデーヤは語った。「ナルマダーは諸河のうち最勝にして、あらゆる罪を滅する。古より牟尼たちに称えられ、さらに自生主（ブラフマー）みずからも讃嘆されたのである。」
Markandeya
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
Indirectly: it frames purification and dharmic authority through “Īśvara” and “Svayambhū,” implying a cosmic order where sacred means (like tīrthas) operate under the Lord’s governance; it does not explicitly define Ātman here.
No specific yogic technique is taught in this verse; it emphasizes śuddhi (purification) through tīrtha—an allied discipline supporting sādhana, often paired in the Purāṇa with vows, restraint, japa, and devotion that mature into yogic steadiness.
It does so implicitly through Purāṇic synthesis: sacred geography and sin-destruction are upheld as Īśvara’s ordinance without sectarian exclusivity—typical of the Kūrma Purāṇa’s Shaiva-Vaishnava harmonizing tone, even though Śiva/Vişṇu are not named in this line.