Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 2
स्वांशेन भास्करस्तत्र तिष्ठते चोत्तरे तटे । सर्वव्याधिहरः पुंसां नर्मदायां व्यवस्थितः
svāṃśena bhāskarastatra tiṣṭhate cottare taṭe | sarvavyādhiharaḥ puṃsāṃ narmadāyāṃ vyavasthitaḥ
وہیں شمالی کنارے پر بھاسکر (سورج) اپنے ہی ایک اَمش کے ساتھ قیام پذیر ہے؛ نَرمدا میں مستقر ہو کر وہ انسانوں کی تمام بیماریوں کو دور کرتا ہے۔
Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya
Tirtha: Bhāskara-sannidhāna on Revā (Sūrya-tīrtha)
Type: ghat
Listener: Pārtha (Arjuna)
Scene: A radiant Sūrya presence hovering above a riverbank shrine; pilgrims bathing in Narmadā; healing motif—devotees with folded hands, light bathing the water.
FAQs
Divine presence in sacred landscapes is portrayed as therapeutic—spiritual merit and bodily well-being are intertwined.
The Sūrya-associated tīrtha on the northern bank of the Narmadā (Revā).
No explicit rite in this verse; it emphasizes the healing power of the site.