Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 2
आस्तां पुरा महादैत्यौ चण्डमुण्डौ सुदारुणौ । नर्मदातीरमाश्रित्य चेरतुर्विपुलं तपः
āstāṃ purā mahādaityau caṇḍamuṇḍau sudāruṇau | narmadātīramāśritya ceraturvipulaṃ tapaḥ
प्राचीन काळी चण्ड व मुण्ड असे दोन महादैत्य अत्यंत भयंकर होते. त्यांनी नर्मदा-तीराचा आश्रय घेऊन विपुल तपश्चर्या केली।
Mārkaṇḍeya
Tirtha: Revā/Narmadā-tīra (Caṇḍāditya context)
Type: river
Listener: King
Scene: Two formidable asuras, Caṇḍa and Muṇḍa, perform severe austerities on the Narmadā bank—standing in penance, surrounded by heat-haze, river flowing calmly beside them.
FAQs
Even fierce beings seek power through tapas; the Purāṇas frame austerity as a force that compels divine response.
The Narmadā riverbank setting introduces the Caṇḍāditya tīrtha legend within the Revā Khaṇḍa.
No direct prescription; it narrates the background that leads to the tīrtha’s sanctity.