Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 41
नर्मदा विमलाम्भा च विमलेन्दुशुभानना । तमोभूते महाघोरे यस्मादेषा महाप्रभा
narmadā vimalāmbhā ca vimalenduśubhānanā | tamobhūte mahāghore yasmādeṣā mahāprabhā
അവൾ ‘നർമദാ’, ‘വിമലാംഭാ’ (നിർമലജലധാരിണി), ‘വിമലേന്ദു-ശുഭാനനാ’ (കലങ്കമില്ലാത്ത ചന്ദ്രനെപ്പോലെ ശോഭാമുഖമുള്ളവൾ) ആകുന്നു. ഭയാനകമായ ഘോര അന്ധകാരത്തിലും മഹാതേജസ്സോടെ പ്രകാശിക്കുന്നതിനാൽ അവൾ ‘മഹാപ്രഭാ’.
Skanda (deduced from Revā Khaṇḍa narrative style within Skanda Purāṇa)
Tirtha: Narmadā (also Vimalāmbhā, Vimalendu-śubhānanā, Mahāprabhā)
Type: river
Scene: Narmadā as a radiant goddess emerging in a dark, fearsome landscape; her waters gleam pure, her face like a stainless full moon, illuminating devotees and the riverbanks.
FAQs
The divine river embodies purity and luminous grace—she dispels darkness (inner ignorance and outer dread) through her sanctifying presence.
Revā/Narmadā, praised through multiple epithets that highlight her purity and radiance as a sacred tīrtha.
None explicitly; the passage functions as nāma-māhātmya, encouraging devotional remembrance and praise of the river’s holy names.