Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 46
पुनर्दृश्या भविष्यन्ति सृजमानाः स्वयंभुवा । साहं लिङ्गार्चनपरा नर्मदा नाम नामतः
punardṛśyā bhaviṣyanti sṛjamānāḥ svayaṃbhuvā | sāhaṃ liṅgārcanaparā narmadā nāma nāmataḥ
സ്വയംഭൂ അവരെ വീണ്ടും സൃഷ്ടിക്കുമ്പോൾ അവർ വീണ്ടും ദൃശ്യമാകും. എന്നാൽ ഞാൻ—ലിംഗാർചനയിൽ പരായണയായവൾ—‘നർമദാ’ എന്ന നാമത്തിൽ അറിയപ്പെടുന്നു.
Narmadā-devī
Tirtha: Narmadā (Revā)
Type: river
Listener: A brāhmaṇa interlocutor within Revā-khaṇḍa frame
Scene: Personified Narmadā as a graceful goddess rising from the river, holding a water-pot and lotus, offering worship to a liṅga on the bank; in the sky, Brahmā begins re-creation as devas reappear faintly.
FAQs
Cycles of creation return, but devotion to Liṅga-worship is upheld as a timeless path aligned with cosmic truth.
Revā/Narmadā tīrthas where Liṅga-arcana is central to the river’s sanctity.
Liṅga-arcana (worship of the Śiva-liṅga) is explicitly affirmed as Narmadā’s defining devotion.