Reva Khanda (Narmada Section)

The section emphasizes the glory of the Revā/Narmadā as a purifying sacred presence whose banks and waters are treated as tīrtha-space, integrating hymn, doctrine, and pilgrimage cartography.

The discourse repeatedly frames Revā’s waters and riverbanks as instruments of removing dūrīta (moral and ritual impurity), presenting bathing, remembrance, and reverential approach as merit-generating ethical guidelines.

Chapter 1 introduces the inquiry into Revā’s location and Rudra-linked origin (śrī-rudra-sambhavā), setting up subsequent tīrtha narratives; it also embeds a meta-legend on Purāṇic authority and compilation attributed to Vyāsa and earlier divine transmission.