Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 14
यानि सन्तीह तीर्थानि पुण्यानि नृपसत्तम । यानि यानीह तीर्थानि नर्मदायास्तटद्वये
yāni santīha tīrthāni puṇyāni nṛpasattama | yāni yānīha tīrthāni narmadāyāstaṭadvaye
Anumang mga tīrtha na naririto—mga banal at nagkakaloob ng puṇya, O pinakamainam sa mga hari—anumang tīrtha na naririto sa magkabilang pampang ng Narmadā…
Vāyu (deduced)
Tirtha: Revā/Narmadā tīrthas (ubhayataṭa)
Type: river
Listener: A king (nṛpasattama addressed)
Scene: A panoramic ‘map-scene’ of the Narmadā winding through forests and settlements, with many marked tīrthas on both banks—ghats, kundas, small shrines—pilgrims bathing and offering lamps.
FAQs
The Narmadā’s entire riverine landscape—both banks—is portrayed as saturated with puṇya through countless tīrthas.
Not one single ford; the verse praises the totality of Narmadā’s tīrthas spread along both riverbanks.
No explicit rite is stated; the implied practice is tīrtha-yātrā—pilgrimage along the Narmadā banks.