चक्रतीर्थं वदन्त्यन्ये केचित्कालाघनाशनम् । विख्यातं भारते वर्षे नर्मदायां महीपते
cakratīrthaṃ vadantyanye kecitkālāghanāśanam | vikhyātaṃ bhārate varṣe narmadāyāṃ mahīpate
काही जण यास ‘चक्रतीर्थ’ म्हणतात, तर काही ‘काळरूपी घन अंधाराचा नाश करणारे’ असे म्हणतात. हे महीपते! नर्मदेवर हे भारतवर्षात विख्यात आहे.
Narrator of the Revā Khaṇḍa (deduced)
Tirtha: Cakratīrtha / Kālāghanāśana
Type: ghat
Listener: King (māhīpati)
Scene: A wide view of Narmadā with a marked ghat; above it, a symbolic dark cloud labeled ‘kāla-tamas’ is split by a radiant cakra-light, illuminating pilgrims and temples along the bank.
A tīrtha is presented as a power that cuts through karmic fear and the oppressive sense of time by granting merit and purification.
Cakratīrtha, a renowned sacred ford on the river Narmadā.
No specific rite is listed in this verse; it establishes the tīrtha’s fame and salvific power.