Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 15
न तेषां विस्तरं वक्तुं शक्तो ब्रह्मापि भूपते । योजनानां शतं साग्रं श्रूयते सरिदुत्तमा
na teṣāṃ vistaraṃ vaktuṃ śakto brahmāpi bhūpate | yojanānāṃ śataṃ sāgraṃ śrūyate sariduttamā
हे भूपते, तेषां विस्तरं सम्यग्वक्तुं ब्रह्मापि न शक्तः। सरिदुत्तमा साग्रं योजनानां शताधिकं विस्तीर्णेति श्रूयते॥
Vāyu (deduced)
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)
Type: kshetra
Listener: King (bhūpati/rājendra)
Scene: A royal listener is addressed while the narrator evokes the Narmadā’s immense length—her waters winding from mountain sources to the sea, with countless unseen tīrthas shimmering along the banks; Brahmā is implied as unable to finish the praise.
FAQs
The holiness of Revā’s tīrthas is portrayed as immeasurable—so vast that even cosmic knowledge cannot exhaust it.
The entire Revā/Narmadā river-corridor and its multitude of tīrthas, rather than a single named site.
No direct prescription; the verse supports the merit of extended pilgrimage along the river’s length.