Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 16
लयं गता तत्र लिङ्गे तेन पुण्यतमा हि सा । नर्मदायां वसन्नित्यं नर्मदाम्बु पिबन्सदा । दीक्षितः सर्वयज्ञेषु सोमपानं दिने दिने
layaṃ gatā tatra liṅge tena puṇyatamā hi sā | narmadāyāṃ vasannityaṃ narmadāmbu pibansadā | dīkṣitaḥ sarvayajñeṣu somapānaṃ dine dine
وہیں وہ اس لِنگ میں لَی ہو گئی؛ اسی لیے وہ یقیناً نہایت مقدس ہے۔ جو ہمیشہ نرمدا کے کنارے بسے اور برابر نرمدا کا جل پیتا رہے، وہ سب یَجْنوں کے لیے دِکشِت مانا جاتا ہے—گویا روز بروز سوم رس پیتا ہو۔
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) and her liṅga-sambandha tīrtha
Type: kshetra
Scene: Narmadā as a luminous stream flowing beside ascetics; a Śiva-liṅga stands as her source/merging point; devotees drink her water in ācamana, depicted as receiving invisible dīkṣā and soma-like radiance.
FAQs
Service to the Narmadā—dwelling near her and honoring her waters—confers extraordinary sacrificial merit and purification.
The Narmadā, especially in relation to the liṅga at the Revā–Sāgara-saṅgama.
Narmadā-sevā: residing by the river and ritually partaking of her sanctified water, equated in merit to Soma-drinking and universal dīkṣā.