Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 68
नर्मदायाः सुतस्तत्र सशल्यो विशलीकृतः । सर्वदेवैश्च ऋषिभिर्विशल्या तेन सा स्मृता
narmadāyāḥ sutastatra saśalyo viśalīkṛtaḥ | sarvadevaiśca ṛṣibhirviśalyā tena sā smṛtā
அங்கே நர்மதையின் புதல்வன், அம்புத்துண்டு (சல்யம்) பதிந்திருந்தவன், சல்யமற்றவனாக (குணமடைந்து) ஆக்கப்பட்டான். ஆகவே எல்லா தேவர்களும் ரிஷிகளும் அந்த (தீர்த்தம்/இடம்) ‘விசல்யா’ என நினைவுகூர்கின்றனர்.
Mārkaṇḍeya (continuing narration to Yudhiṣṭhira)
Tirtha: Viśalyā-tīrtha
Type: ghat
Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira
Scene: On the Narmadā bank, a wounded divine/semidivine figure—‘son of Narmadā’—is healed as the embedded arrowhead is removed; devas and sages witness and proclaim the name Viśalyā; the river glows as if medicinal.
FAQs
A tīrtha is celebrated not only for merit but for grace that removes affliction—symbolized by the removal of the śalya (piercing pain/karma).
Viśalyā tīrtha on/near the Narmadā, named after the miraculous ‘removal of the śalya’ connected with Narmadā’s son.
No direct prescription; the verse provides the name-origin (nāma-nirukti) and the healing miracle associated with the site.