Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 4
नाशयतु दुरितमखिलं भूतं भव्यं भवच्च भुवि भविनाम् । सकलपवित्रि तव सुधा पुण्यजला नर्मदा भवति
nāśayatu duritamakhilaṃ bhūtaṃ bhavyaṃ bhavacca bhuvi bhavinām | sakalapavitri tava sudhā puṇyajalā narmadā bhavati
願わくは彼女が、地上に生きる者の一切の罪を—過去・未来・現在に生じたものをことごとく—滅したまえ。あまねく清める御方よ、汝の甘露のごとき精髄は聖なる水となり、ナルマダーとして顕れ、その流れは浄福に満ちる。
Sūta (deduced hymn-like praise continuing the opening)
Tirtha: Narmadā (Revā)
Type: river
Scene: Narmadā as a radiant stream of ‘nectar’: the water painted with a luminous sheen; three symbolic bands labeled past-present-future dissolving into the river; devotees on the bank performing saṅkalpa; the river-goddess pouring amṛta from a kalaśa into the flow.
FAQs
Divine grace can purify karma across time; Narmadā is revered as nectar-like sanctity made manifest.
Narmadā (Revā) as a purifying river-tīrtha whose waters embody sacred ‘sudhā’.
Not explicit; the verse supports practices centered on Narmadā’s holy water—snāna, ācamana, and reverent remembrance.