पुराणसंहितां वापि शैवीं वा वैष्णवीमपि । यः पठेन्नर्मदातीरे शिवाग्रे स शिवात्मकः
purāṇasaṃhitāṃ vāpi śaivīṃ vā vaiṣṇavīmapi | yaḥ paṭhennarmadātīre śivāgre sa śivātmakaḥ
خواہ پورانک سنہتا ہو، یا شَیوی ہو، یا ویشنوَی بھی—جو نَرمدا کے کنارے شیو کے حضور بیٹھ کر اس کا پاٹھ کرتا ہے، وہ شیو ہی کی فطرت والا ہو جاتا ہے۔
Nandī (deduced)
Tirtha: Narmadā-tīra (Śiva-sannidhi)
Type: ghat
Scene: A devotee sits before a Śiva-liṅga shrine on the Narmadā bank, reading from a Purāṇa; around are listeners of mixed traditions; the liṅga radiates, suggesting the reader becoming ‘śivātmaka’.
Sincere sacred reading in a Śiva-saturated holy geography transforms the devotee toward Śiva-consciousness.
Narmadā-tīra (the Narmadā riverbank), specifically in the presence of Śiva (śivāgre).
Pāṭha (reading/recitation) of Purāṇic/Śaiva/Vaiṣṇava saṃhitās on the Narmadā bank before Śiva.