आस्तां पुरा महादैत्यौ चण्डमुण्डौ सुदारुणौ । नर्मदातीरमाश्रित्य चेरतुर्विपुलं तपः
āstāṃ purā mahādaityau caṇḍamuṇḍau sudāruṇau | narmadātīramāśritya ceraturvipulaṃ tapaḥ
قدیم زمانے میں چنڈ اور منڈ نام کے دو بڑے دیو تھے، نہایت ہولناک۔ نَرمدا کے کنارے کا سہارا لے کر انہوں نے عظیم تپسیا کی۔
Mārkaṇḍeya
Tirtha: Revā/Narmadā-tīra (Caṇḍāditya context)
Type: river
Listener: King
Scene: Two formidable asuras, Caṇḍa and Muṇḍa, perform severe austerities on the Narmadā bank—standing in penance, surrounded by heat-haze, river flowing calmly beside them.
Even fierce beings seek power through tapas; the Purāṇas frame austerity as a force that compels divine response.
The Narmadā riverbank setting introduces the Caṇḍāditya tīrtha legend within the Revā Khaṇḍa.
No direct prescription; it narrates the background that leads to the tīrtha’s sanctity.