Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 41
नर्मदा विमलाम्भा च विमलेन्दुशुभानना । तमोभूते महाघोरे यस्मादेषा महाप्रभा
narmadā vimalāmbhā ca vimalenduśubhānanā | tamobhūte mahāghore yasmādeṣā mahāprabhā
ती ‘नर्मदा’, ‘विमलाम्भा’ (निर्मळ जलयुक्त) आणि ‘विमलेन्दु-शुभानना’ (निर्दोष चंद्रासारख्या शोभामय मुखाची) आहे. घोर अंधारातही जी महातेजाने प्रकाशते, म्हणून ती ‘महाप्रभा’ म्हणतात.
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.