Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 82
एवं मयानुभूतं तु दृष्टमाश्चर्यमुत्तमम् । सर्वपापहरं पुण्यं कथितं ते नरोत्तम
evaṃ mayānubhūtaṃ tu dṛṣṭamāścaryamuttamam | sarvapāpaharaṃ puṇyaṃ kathitaṃ te narottama
یوں میں نے خود اس اعلیٰ ترین عجوبے کا تجربہ کیا اور اسے دیکھا۔ یہ پاکیزہ حکایت، جو تمام گناہوں کو مٹا دیتی ہے، تمہیں سنائی گئی ہے، اے بہترین انسان۔
Narrator (sage/storyteller addressing a listener)
Tirtha: Revā/Narmadā-māhātmya (kathā as tīrtha)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Narottama (best of men) addressed as recipient of the narration
Scene: A narrator-sage concludes the account before a respectful listener (‘narottama’), gesturing toward the river or a manuscript; the atmosphere is solemn and auspicious, as if sealing a vow.
FAQs
Hearing and preserving tīrtha-māhātmya is itself purifying; sacred narrative functions as a vehicle of pāpa-kṣaya.
Revā/Narmadā, through the declared merit (puṇya) of its wondrous account.
Implied śravaṇa (devout listening) of the holy narrative as sin-destroying.