Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 14
दक्षिणे चोत्तरे कूले यानि तीर्थानि कानिचित् । प्रधानतः सुपुण्यानि कथितानि विशेषतः
dakṣiṇe cottare kūle yāni tīrthāni kānicit | pradhānataḥ supuṇyāni kathitāni viśeṣataḥ
Apa jua tīrtha di tebing selatan dan tebing utara, yang utama daripadanya—amat besar pahalanya—telah dihuraikan secara khusus.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha system—north and south banks
Type: river
Listener: Pārtha (Arjuna)
Scene: A map-like river scene: Revā flowing through forests and settlements; on both banks, marked tīrthas with small shrines, ghāṭas, and ascetics; a narrator-figure gestures to ‘principal’ sites.
FAQs
The Narmadā’s banks are mapped as sacred geography; select tīrthas are highlighted as especially merit-giving.
The tīrthas along both banks of the Narmadā in general; this verse serves as a summary of those described.
None directly; it frames pilgrimage attention toward the pradhāna (foremost) tīrthas.