Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 27
नर्मदातोयपूतेन भस्मनोद्धूलयन्ति ये । सद्यस्ते पापसङ्घाच्च मुच्यन्ते नात्र संशयः
narmadātoyapūtena bhasmanoddhūlayanti ye | sadyaste pāpasaṅghācca mucyante nātra saṃśayaḥ
جو لوگ نَرمدا کے پانی سے پاک کی ہوئی بھسم اپنے بدن پر ملتے ہیں، وہ فوراً گناہوں کے انبار سے آزاد ہو جاتے ہیں—اس میں کوئی شک نہیں۔
Śaṅkara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)
Type: river
Scene: On the Narmadā ghāṭa, a devotee after bathing smears ash purified with river water; luminous river current behind, sins depicted as dark smoke dispersing.
FAQs
Contact with Narmadā-sanctified substances (here, sacred ash) is presented as a rapid purifier that burns away accumulated sin.
The Revā (Narmadā) Tīrtha tradition—Narmadā as a sanctifying sacred river within the Revā Khaṇḍa.
Smearing the body with bhasma (sacred ash) that has been purified with Narmadā water.