Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 15
न तेषां विस्तरं वक्तुं शक्तो ब्रह्मापि भूपते । योजनानां शतं साग्रं श्रूयते सरिदुत्तमा
na teṣāṃ vistaraṃ vaktuṃ śakto brahmāpi bhūpate | yojanānāṃ śataṃ sāgraṃ śrūyate sariduttamā
اے بھوپتے! اُن کی وسعت کا پورا بیان تو خود برہما بھی نہیں کر سکتا۔ سنا جاتا ہے کہ دریاؤں میں افضل یہ ندی سو سے کچھ زیادہ یوجن تک پھیلی ہوئی ہے۔
Vāyu (deduced)
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)
Type: kshetra
Listener: King (bhūpati/rājendra)
Scene: A royal listener is addressed while the narrator evokes the Narmadā’s immense length—her waters winding from mountain sources to the sea, with countless unseen tīrthas shimmering along the banks; Brahmā is implied as unable to finish the praise.
FAQs
The holiness of Revā’s tīrthas is portrayed as immeasurable—so vast that even cosmic knowledge cannot exhaust it.
The entire Revā/Narmadā river-corridor and its multitude of tīrthas, rather than a single named site.
No direct prescription; the verse supports the merit of extended pilgrimage along the river’s length.