Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 46
पुनर्दृश्या भविष्यन्ति सृजमानाः स्वयंभुवा । साहं लिङ्गार्चनपरा नर्मदा नाम नामतः
punardṛśyā bhaviṣyanti sṛjamānāḥ svayaṃbhuvā | sāhaṃ liṅgārcanaparā narmadā nāma nāmataḥ
جب سویمبھُو (خود پیدا ہونے والے) انہیں پھر سے رچے گا تو وہ دوبارہ دکھائی دیں گے۔ اور میں—لِنگ کی ارچنا میں مگن—نام سے نَرمدا کہلاتی ہوں۔
Narmadā-devī
Tirtha: Narmadā (Revā)
Type: river
Listener: A brāhmaṇa interlocutor within Revā-khaṇḍa frame
Scene: Personified Narmadā as a graceful goddess rising from the river, holding a water-pot and lotus, offering worship to a liṅga on the bank; in the sky, Brahmā begins re-creation as devas reappear faintly.
FAQs
Cycles of creation return, but devotion to Liṅga-worship is upheld as a timeless path aligned with cosmic truth.
Revā/Narmadā tīrthas where Liṅga-arcana is central to the river’s sanctity.
Liṅga-arcana (worship of the Śiva-liṅga) is explicitly affirmed as Narmadā’s defining devotion.