Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 24
त्वया सह भविष्यामि एकेनांशेन सुव्रते । महापातकयुक्तानामौषधं त्वं भविष्यसि
tvayā saha bhaviṣyāmi ekenāṃśena suvrate | mahāpātakayuktānāmauṣadhaṃ tvaṃ bhaviṣyasi
اے نیک عہد والی! میں اپنے ایک حصے کے ساتھ تمہارے ساتھ رہوں گا۔ بڑے گناہوں میں مبتلا لوگوں کے لیے تم دوا اور شفا بنو گی۔
Śiva (Mahādeva)
Tirtha: Revā/Narmadā
Type: river
Listener: Narmadā Devī (addressed as suvrate)
Scene: Śiva bestowing a portion of his presence into the river; Narmadā as a radiant goddess whose waters glow like healing nectar; sinners approach burdened, emerge purified and calm.
FAQs
A tīrtha becomes supremely purifying when divinity abides in it; Śiva’s partial presence makes Narmadā a healing force for grave karmic burdens.
Narmadā (Revā) as a Śaiva tīrtha where Śiva is declared to be specially present.
No explicit ritual is named; the implication is that contact with the river—especially snāna and devotion—acts as ‘medicine’ for sin.