Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 57
सप्तकल्पक्षये क्षीणे न मृता तेन नर्मदा । नर्मदैकैव राजेन्द्र परं तिष्ठेत्सरिद्वरा
saptakalpakṣaye kṣīṇe na mṛtā tena narmadā | narmadaikaiva rājendra paraṃ tiṣṭhetsaridvarā
سات کَلپوں کی ہولناک فنا پوری ہو جانے پر بھی نَرمدا نہیں مرتی۔ اسی لیے، اے راجَیندر، نَرمدا ہی اکیلی برتر طور پر قائم رہتی ہے—سب ندیوں میں افضل۔
Mārkaṇḍeya
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)
Type: river
Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira (addressed as rājendra)
Scene: Personified Narmadā as a radiant goddess rising from a river, while cosmic ages crumble in the background; sages and kings bow on the banks.
FAQs
Narmadā is proclaimed uniquely enduring, signaling an extraordinary spiritual potency that transcends cosmic cycles.
Revā/Narmadā is directly glorified as the foremost river-tīrtha, surpassing others in enduring sanctity.
No explicit rite is stated; the verse establishes the doctrinal basis for Narmadā-pilgrimage and Narmadā-snāna as exceptionally meritorious.