Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 30
मम कूले महेशान उमया सह दैवतैः । वस नित्यं जगन्नाथ एष एव वरो मम
mama kūle maheśāna umayā saha daivataiḥ | vasa nityaṃ jagannātha eṣa eva varo mama
اے مہیشان! اُما اور دیوتاؤں کے ساتھ میرے کنارے پر سدا قیام فرما، اے جگن ناتھ؛ یہی میرا ور ہے۔
Narmadā (addressing Śiva)
Tirtha: Revā-kūla kṣetra (Śiva-Umā nitya-vāsa)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Revā asks Śiva: ‘Dwell forever on my bank with Umā and the gods.’ Depict Śiva-Umā establishing a riverside abode; devas assemble; the riverbank transforms into a luminous kṣetra with a liṅga shrine and perpetual lamps.
FAQs
A tīrtha becomes supremely sanctifying when the deity’s presence is affirmed—Narmadā seeks Śiva’s perpetual abode at her shore.
The banks of the Narmadā (Revā) as a perpetual Śaiva-kṣetra due to Śiva-Umā’s residence.
No specific rite is prescribed; the focus is on the boon of divine indwelling that sanctifies all related worship and pilgrimage.