Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 3
उभयतटपुण्यतीर्था प्रक्षालितसकलललोकदुरितौघा । देवमुनिमनुजवन्द्या हरतु सदा नर्मदा दुरितम्
ubhayataṭapuṇyatīrthā prakṣālitasakalalalokaduritaughā | devamunimanujavandyā haratu sadā narmadā duritam
Que a Narmadā—cujas duas margens são tīrthas sagrados, que lava a torrente de pecados de todos os mundos e é venerada por deuses, sábios e humanos—remova para sempre nossas faltas.
Sūta (deduced devotional praise in opening of Revā Khaṇḍa)
Tirtha: Narmadā (Revā)
Type: river
Scene: Narmadā flowing between two sacred banks dotted with small shrines, ghāṭas, and hermitages; devas and sages in the sky and on the banks offering añjali; pilgrims bowing; the river depicted as a goddess-stream washing away dark ‘sin-clouds’ dissolving into light.
FAQs
Association with a true tīrtha and sincere reverence leads to purification; Narmadā is celebrated as a universal remover of sin.
Narmadā (Revā) and the network of tīrthas along both of her banks.
No explicit rite is stated, but the verse implies worship/veneration of Narmadā and pilgrimage to her bank-tīrthas.