नर्मदा सरितां श्रेष्ठा सर्वपापप्रणाशिनी । यच्च बाल्यं कृतं पापं दर्शनादेव नश्यति
narmadā saritāṃ śreṣṭhā sarvapāpapraṇāśinī | yacca bālyaṃ kṛtaṃ pāpaṃ darśanādeva naśyati
نرمدا دریاؤں میں سب سے برتر ہے، تمام گناہوں کو مٹانے والی ہے؛ اور بچپن میں کیا ہوا پاپ بھی اس کے محض دیدار سے فنا ہو جاتا ہے۔
Mārkaṇḍeya
Tirtha: Revā/Narmadā
Type: river
Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira
Scene: The Narmadā flows broad and serene; pilgrims on the bank behold her with folded hands; a visual motif of childhood ‘dust’ washing away in the river’s light.
Contact with the sacred—here, the Narmadā—purifies accumulated faults and renews dharmic life.
The Narmadā river itself as a pan-Indian tīrtha, central to the Revā Khaṇḍa.
Darśana (seeing the river) is praised as a purifying act; bathing is implied in the broader tīrtha context.