The Skanda Purana
by G. V. Tagare | 1950 | 2,545,880 words
This page describes The Greatness of Narmadeshvara (narmada-ishvara-tirtha) which is chapter 124 of the English translation of the Skanda Purana, the largest of the eighteen Mahapuranas, preserving the ancient Indian society and Hindu traditions in an encyclopedic format, detailling on topics such as dharma (virtous lifestyle), cosmogony (creation of the universe), mythology (itihasa), genealogy (vamsha) etc. This is the one hundred twenty-fourth chapter of the Reva-khanda of the Avantya-khanda of the Skanda Purana.
Chapter 124 - The Greatness of Narmadeśvara (narmada-īśvara-tīrtha)
[Sanskrit text for this chapter is available]
Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya said:
1-2. Thereafter, one should go to the excellent Narmadeśvara, O king. By taking the holy bath there in that Tīrtha, a man is rid of all sins.
If one meets death by entering fire, or drowning in water or due to ritualistic starvation, his departure (from this world) shall be one from which one has never to return (to Saṃsāra), as Śaṅkara told me.