Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 10
ब्राह्मण उवाच । यदि तुष्टोऽसि मे देव देयो यदि वरो मम । उत्तरे नर्मदाकूले सदा संनिहितो भव
brāhmaṇa uvāca | yadi tuṣṭo'si me deva deyo yadi varo mama | uttare narmadākūle sadā saṃnihito bhava
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Brāhmaṇa (devotee/ascetic petitioner)
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) Uttara-taṭa sannidhya-sthāna (north-bank abiding place)
Type: ghat
Listener: Deva/Īśvara (the addressed Lord)
Scene: A brāhmaṇa devotee, hands folded, petitions the Lord to remain forever on the Narmadā’s northern bank; the river flows beside a small shrine under sacred trees.
FAQs
The highest boon is not personal gain but securing enduring divine presence for the welfare of devotees at a sacred place.
The northern bank of the Narmadā (Revā) is explicitly requested as the locus of the Lord’s perpetual presence.
No direct rite is prescribed here; it establishes the sacred geography—God’s constant proximity at the Narmadā’s northern bank.
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