Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 21
यावंत्यो दृषदः संति तव रोधसि नर्मदे । तावंत्यो लिंगरूपिण्यो भविष्यंति वरान्मम
yāvaṃtyo dṛṣadaḥ saṃti tava rodhasi narmade | tāvaṃtyo liṃgarūpiṇyo bhaviṣyaṃti varānmama
“ਹੇ ਨਰਮਦੇ, ਤੇਰੇ ਕੰਢਿਆਂ ਉੱਤੇ ਜਿੰਨੇ ਪੱਥਰ ਹਨ, ਮੇਰੇ ਵਰ ਦੇ ਬਲ ਨਾਲ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਸਭ ਦੇ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਹੀ ਲਿੰਗ-ਰੂਪ ਹੋ ਜਾਣਗੇ।”
Maheśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Revā/Narmadā-tīra
Type: kshetra
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Scene: A sweeping view of Narmadā’s banks strewn with countless smooth stones, each subtly glowing as a liṅga-form; Śiva’s boon radiates across the landscape, pilgrims in the distance collecting water and offering bilva.
FAQs
Sacred geography can embody divinity: Śiva manifests as liṅga-forms within the tīrtha itself.
The banks of the Narmadā (Revā) are exalted as naturally filled with liṅga-presence.
Implicitly, reverence and worship of the liṅga-forms found along the Narmadā’s banks.