नर्मदा सरितां श्रेष्ठा सर्वतीर्थमयी शुभा । विशेषः कथितस्तस्या रेवासागरसङ्गमे
narmadā saritāṃ śreṣṭhā sarvatīrthamayī śubhā | viśeṣaḥ kathitastasyā revāsāgarasaṅgame
Narmadā é a mais excelsa dos rios, auspiciosa e repleta de todos os tīrthas. Sua grandeza singular é proclamada na confluência de Revā com o oceano.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)
Tirtha: Revā-Sāgara Saṅgama (Narmadā–Ocean Confluence)
Type: sangam
Listener: The Bharata interlocutor
Scene: A wide sacred landscape: the Narmadā’s dark-green current meets the vast ocean; pilgrims bathe at the saṅgama while priests perform tarpaṇa; distant shrine and flags on the shore; river goddess Revā envisioned above the waters.
Narmadā is treated as a moving tīrtha whose waters carry the sanctity of all pilgrimage places.
Revā–Sāgara-saṅgama—the confluence of the Narmadā (Revā) with the ocean.
Not yet; the verse introduces the location whose special merit will be detailed next.