Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 31
सुव्यक्ताङ्गी महाकाया महती तेन सा स्मृता । तस्माद्विक्षोभ्यमाणा हि दिग्गजैरम्बुदोपमैः
suvyaktāṅgī mahākāyā mahatī tena sā smṛtā | tasmādvikṣobhyamāṇā hi diggajairambudopamaiḥ
तिचे अवयव स्पष्ट प्रकट असून देह अत्यंत विशाल आहे; म्हणून ती ‘महती’ म्हणून स्मरली जाते. त्यामुळे मेघासारख्या दिग्गजांनी ती खरोखरच उद्वेलित व मथित होते.
Narrator (Purāṇic voice)
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) — Mahatī
Type: kshetra
Scene: The immense river-goddess with clearly defined limbs, her vast body spanning the horizon; four (or eight) cloud-like diggajas at the quarters stir the waters, creating sacred turbulence and foam.
FAQs
The tīrtha is portrayed as cosmic in scale; Narmadā’s greatness is not merely physical but symbolic of universal sacred order.
Narmadā (Revā) is glorified through her epithet ‘Mahatī’ and her mythic-cosmic description.
No ritual is prescribed; the verse deepens reverence by depicting the river as a divine, cosmic reality.