Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 77
एतं कीर्तयते यस्तु नर्मदेश्वरसम्भवम् । भक्त्या शृणोति च नरः सोऽपि स्नानफलं लभेत्
etaṃ kīrtayate yastu narmadeśvarasambhavam | bhaktyā śṛṇoti ca naraḥ so'pi snānaphalaṃ labhet
जो नर्मदेश्वराच्या प्राकट्याचे हे आख्यान कीर्तन करतो, आणि जो मनुष्य ते भक्तीने ऐकतो—तोही तीर्थस्नानाचे फळ प्राप्त करतो.
Skanda (deduced)
Tirtha: Narmadeśvara
Type: kshetra
Scene: A devotee recites the Narmadeśvara manifestation story to an assembly; in a visionary overlay, the Narmadā river and a radiant Śiva-liṅga appear, signifying that hearing itself grants snāna merit.
FAQs
Devotional hearing and recitation of sacred geography (māhātmya) transmit merit—faithful śravaṇa and kīrtana become a form of pilgrimage.
Narmadeśvara tīrtha on the Narmadā, whose ‘sambhava’ (origin narrative) is being praised.
Kīrtana (narrating) and śravaṇa (hearing with devotion) of the tīrtha’s origin story, yielding snāna-phala (bathing merit).