Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 24
त्वया सह भविष्यामि एकेनांशेन सुव्रते । महापातकयुक्तानामौषधं त्वं भविष्यसि
tvayā saha bhaviṣyāmi ekenāṃśena suvrate | mahāpātakayuktānāmauṣadhaṃ tvaṃ bhaviṣyasi
ஓ சுவிரதையே! என் ஒரு அங்கத்துடன் நான் உன்னோடு இருப்பேன். மகாபாதகத்தால் பீடிக்கப்பட்டோர்க்கு நீ மருந்தாகவும் தீர்வாகவும் இருப்பாய்.
Śiva (Mahādeva)
Tirtha: Revā/Narmadā
Type: river
Listener: Narmadā Devī (addressed as suvrate)
Scene: Śiva bestowing a portion of his presence into the river; Narmadā as a radiant goddess whose waters glow like healing nectar; sinners approach burdened, emerge purified and calm.
FAQs
A tīrtha becomes supremely purifying when divinity abides in it; Śiva’s partial presence makes Narmadā a healing force for grave karmic burdens.
Narmadā (Revā) as a Śaiva tīrtha where Śiva is declared to be specially present.
No explicit ritual is named; the implication is that contact with the river—especially snāna and devotion—acts as ‘medicine’ for sin.