येऽपि भक्तया सकृत्तोये नर्मदाया महेश्वरम् । स्नात्वा ते सर्वं पापं नाशयन्त्यसंशयम्
ye'pi bhaktayā sakṛttoye narmadāyā maheśvaram | snātvā te sarvaṃ pāpaṃ nāśayantyasaṃśayam
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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.
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.