Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 115
वेदस्मृतिमुखा नद्यः पारियात्रोद्भवा मताः । नर्मदासरसाद्याश्च नद्यो विंध्याद्विनिर्गताः
vedasmṛtimukhā nadyaḥ pāriyātrodbhavā matāḥ | narmadāsarasādyāśca nadyo viṃdhyādvinirgatāḥ
वेदस्मृतिमुखा नाम नद्यः पारियात्रगिरिसंभवाः स्मृताः। नर्मदासरसाद्याश्च नद्यो विंध्यगिरिविनिर्गताः कथ्यन्ते॥
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative frame
Tirtha: Narmadā (implied among listed rivers)
Type: river
Scene: A stylized map-like tableau: Vindhya and Pāriyātra as personified mountains, from whose flanks emerge luminous river-goddesses carrying kalaśas; Narmadā shown flowing westward with śaiva emblems on her banks.
FAQs
Rivers and mountains are treated as sacred manifestations; their origins are remembered as part of dharma and tīrtha-oriented culture.
The verse highlights sacred mountain sources—Pāriyātra and Vindhya—by naming the rivers that arise from them.
None explicitly; the verse provides sacred provenance (utpatti) of rivers.