Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 3
विस्तरं नर्मदायास्तु तीर्थानां मुनिसत्तम । कोऽन्यः शक्तोऽस्ति वै वक्तुमृते ब्रह्माणमीश्वरम्
vistaraṃ narmadāyāstu tīrthānāṃ munisattama | ko'nyaḥ śakto'sti vai vaktumṛte brahmāṇamīśvaram
हे मुनिश्रेष्ठ! नर्मदेच्या तीर्थांचा सविस्तर वर्णन कोण करू शकेल? ब्रह्मा आणि ईश्वर (शिव) यांच्यावाचून अन्य कोणी समर्थ नाही।
Sūta (addressing Śaunaka, inferred from next verses)
Tirtha: Revā/Narmadā tīrthas (collective)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka / ‘munisattama’ addressed
Scene: A sage asks about Narmadā’s tīrthas; the narrator gestures toward a vast river landscape where countless ghats, shrines, and ascetics appear in a continuous panorama, suggesting infinity.
FAQs
The Narmadā’s sacred geography is immeasurable; humility and reverence are required when approaching tīrtha-mahātmya.
The river-tīrtha complex of Narmadā (Revā) as a whole is praised, rather than a single named ford.
No explicit rite is stated; the emphasis is on the greatness of Narmadā tīrthas, implying pilgrimage, स्नान (snāna), and reverent approach.