Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 19
तावद्गर्जन्ति यज्ञाश्च वनक्षेत्रादयो भृशम् । यावन्न नर्मदानामकीर्तनं क्रियते कलौ
tāvadgarjanti yajñāśca vanakṣetrādayo bhṛśam | yāvanna narmadānāmakīrtanaṃ kriyate kalau
جب تک کَلی یُگ میں نرمدا نام کا کیرتن نہیں کیا جاتا، تب تک یَجْن اور مشہور پُنّیہ استھان—ون، کھیتر وغیرہ—اپنی مہِما کو زور سے گرج کر سناتے رہتے ہیں۔
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)
Tirtha: Narmadā (Revā)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Grand yajña fires and renowned forests/holy fields personified proclaim greatness, but a chorus chanting ‘Narmadā’ causes their flames to soften and their voices to quiet, as the river-goddess radiates supremacy.
FAQs
In Kali yuga, nāma-kīrtana of Narmadā is elevated as a powerful practice surpassing many public religious claims.
Narmadā/Revā—specifically her nāma (name) as a portable tīrtha.
Narmadā-nāma-kīrtana (chanting/praising the name of Narmadā), emphasized as Kali-yuga-suitable practice.