Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 35
यदैव मम देहात्त्वं समुद्भूता वरानने । तदैव सर्वपापानां मोचिनी त्वं न संशयः
yadaiva mama dehāttvaṃ samudbhūtā varānane | tadaiva sarvapāpānāṃ mocinī tvaṃ na saṃśayaḥ
جس لمحے تم میرے جسم سے ظاہر ہوئیں، اے خوش رُو! اسی لمحے سے تم تمام گناہوں سے رہائی دینے والی ہو—اس میں کوئی شک نہیں۔
Śiva (Maheśa)
Tirtha: Revā/Narmadā
Type: kshetra
Listener: Narmadā (addressed as varānane)
Scene: Cosmic emergence: from Śiva’s luminous form, Revā manifests as a flowing goddess-river, immediately radiating purity; attendants (gaṇas, sages) witness the birth of the sacred river.
FAQs
A tīrtha’s purifying power is grounded in divine origin—Narmadā’s sanctity is intrinsic because she arises from Śiva.
Narmadā/Revā as a Śiva-sambhūtā (Śiva-origin) river, hence universally purifying.
Implicitly supports snāna and tīrtha-sevā as sin-removing due to the river’s Śaiva origin.