Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 55
येऽपि भक्तया सकृत्तोये नर्मदाया महेश्वरम् । स्नात्वा ते सर्वं पापं नाशयन्त्यसंशयम्
ye'pi bhaktayā sakṛttoye narmadāyā maheśvaram | snātvā te sarvaṃ pāpaṃ nāśayantyasaṃśayam
Mesmo aqueles que, com devoção, se banham apenas uma vez nas águas de Narmadā, em conexão com Maheśvara, destroem todo pecado, sem dúvida.
Mārkaṇḍeya (deduced from immediate narrative context; explicit in Adhyāya 9 opening)
Tirtha: Maheśvara-tīrtha on Narmadā (Maheshwar)
Type: ghat
Scene: At Maheshwar’s stepped ghats, a devotee enters the Narmadā once with folded hands; above, a subtle vision of Maheśvara (Śiva) or a liṅga radiates, while dark smoke-like ‘sins’ dissolve into the water’s light.
FAQs
Devotional contact with a supreme tīrtha—Narmadā—brings powerful purification, especially when oriented toward Śiva.
Narmadā (Revā) as a sin-destroying river-tīrtha associated with Maheśvara.
Sakṛt-snānā: bathing even once in Narmadā’s waters with devotion (bhakti) and Śiva (Maheśvara) in view.