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sūta uvāca / (1.1) Par.?

iti vaḥ kathitaṃ viprā revāmāhātmyamuttamam / (1.2) Par.?

yathopadiṣṭaṃ pārthāya mārkaṇḍeyena vai purā // (1.3) Par.?

tathā tīrthakadambāśca teṣu tīrthaviśeṣataḥ / (2.1) Par.?

prādhānyena mayā khyātā yathāsaṅkhyaṃ yathākramam // (2.2) Par.?

etatpavitramatulaṃ hyetatpāpaharaṃ param / (3.1) Par.?

narmadācaritaṃ puṇyaṃ māhātmyaṃ munibhāṣitam // (3.2) Par.?

saptakalpānugo vipro narmadāyāṃ munīśvarāḥ / (4.1) Par.?

mṛkaṇḍatanayo dhīmānparamārthaviduttamaḥ // (4.2) Par.?

saṃsevya sarvatīrthāni nadīḥ sarvāśca vai purā / (5.1) Par.?

bahukalpasmarāṃ revāmālakṣya śivadehajām // (5.2) Par.?

me kaleti ca śarvoktāṃ śaraṇaṃ śarvajāṃ yayau / (6.1) Par.?

ajarāmamarāṃ devīṃ daityadhvaṃsakarīṃ parām // (6.2) Par.?

mahāvibhavasaṃyuktāṃ bhavaghnīṃ bhavajāhnavīm / (7.1) Par.?

tasyāmābadhya satprema jātaḥ so 'pyajarāmaraḥ // (7.2) Par.?

ṣaṣṭitīrthasahasrāṇi ṣaṣṭikoṭyaśca sattamāḥ / (8.1) Par.?

vyavasthitāni revāyāstīrayugme pade pade // (8.2) Par.?

sāritaḥ paritaḥ santi satīrthāstu sahasraśaḥ / (9.1) Par.?

na tulāṃ yānti revāyāstāśca manye munīśvarāḥ // (9.2) Par.?

etadvaḥ kathitaṃ sarvaṃ yatpṛṣṭamakhilaṃ dvijāḥ / (10.1) Par.?

yanmaheśamukhācchrutvā vāyurāha ṛṣīnprati // (10.2) Par.?

tadvanmṛkaṇḍatanayo 'pyanubhūyākhilāṃ nadīm / (11.1) Par.?

satīrthāṃ padaśaḥ prāha pāṇḍuputrāya pāvanīm // (11.2) Par.?

etacca kathitaṃ sarvaṃ saṃkṣepeṇa dvijottamāḥ / (12.1) Par.?

narmadācaritaṃ puṇyaṃ triṣu lokeṣu durlabham // (12.2) Par.?

kimanyaiḥ saritāṃ toyaiḥ sevitais tu sahasraśaḥ / (13.1) Par.?

yadi saṃsevyate toyaṃ revāyāḥ pāpanāśanam // (13.2) Par.?

mekalājalasaṃsevī muktimāpnoti śāśvatīm // (14.1) Par.?

yathā yathā bhajenmartyo yadyadicchati tīrthagaḥ / (15.1) Par.?

tattadāpnoti niyataṃ śraddhayāśraddhayāpi ca // (15.2) Par.?

idaṃ brahmā hariridamidaṃ sākṣātparo haraḥ / (16.1) Par.?

idaṃ brahma nirākāraṃ kaivalyaṃ narmadājalam // (16.2) Par.?

tāvadgarjanti tīrthāni nadyo hṛdayaphalapradāḥ / (17.1) Par.?

yāvanna smaryate revā sevāhevā kalau naraiḥ // (17.2) Par.?

dhruvaṃ loke hitārthāya śivena svaśarīrataḥ / (18.1) Par.?

śaktiḥ kāpi saridrūpā reveyamavatāritā // (18.2) Par.?

tāvadgarjanti yajñāśca vanakṣetrādayo bhṛśam / (19.1) Par.?

yāvanna narmadānāmakīrtanaṃ kriyate kalau // (19.2) Par.?

garimā gāṇyate tāvattapodānavratādiṣu / (20.1) Par.?

narairvā prāpyate yāvadbhuvi bhargabhavā dhunī // (20.2) Par.?

ye vasantyuttare kūle rudrasyānucarā hi te / (21.1) Par.?

vasanti yāmyatīre ye lokaṃ te yānti vaiṣṇavam // (21.2) Par.?

dhanyāste deśavaryāste yeṣu deśeṣu narmadā / (22.1) Par.?

narakāntakarī śaśvatsaṃśritā śarvanirmitā // (22.2) Par.?

kṛtapuṇyāśca te lokāḥ śokāya na bhavanti te / (23.1) Par.?

ye pibanti jalaṃ puṇyaṃ pārvatīpatisindhujam // (23.2) Par.?

idaṃ pavitramatulaṃ revāyāścaritaṃ dvijāḥ / (24.1) Par.?

śṛṇoti yaḥ kīrtayate mucyate sarvapātakaḥ // (24.2) Par.?

yatphalaṃ sarvavedaiśca saṣaḍaṅgapadakramaiḥ / (25.1) Par.?

śrutaiśca paṭhitaistasmātphalamaṣṭaguṇaṃ bhavet // (25.2) Par.?

satrayājī phalaṃ yacca labhate dvādaśābdikam / (26.1) Par.?

śrutvā sakṛcca revāyāścaritaṃ tatphalaṃ labhet // (26.2) Par.?

sarvatīrthāvagāhācca yatphalaṃ sāgarādiṣu / (27.1) Par.?

sakṛcchrutvā ca māhātmyaṃ revāyās tatphalaṃ labhet // (27.2) Par.?

etaddharmyamupākhyānaṃ sarvaśāstreṣvanuttamam / (28.1) Par.?

deśe vā maṇḍale vāpi nagare grāmamadhyataḥ // (28.2) Par.?

gṛhe vā tiṣṭhate yasya likhitaṃ sārvavārṇikam / (29.1) Par.?

sa brahmā sa śivaḥ sākṣātsa ca devo janārdanaḥ // (29.2) Par.?

dharmārthakāmamokṣāṇāṃ mārge 'yaṃ devasevitaḥ / (30.1) Par.?

gurūṇāṃ ca guruḥ śāstraṃ paramaṃ siddhikāraṇam // (30.2) Par.?

yaścedaṃ śṛṇuyānnityaṃ purāṇaṃ devabhāṣitam / (31.1) Par.?

brāhmaṇo vedavānbhūyātkṣatriyo vijayī bhavet // (31.2) Par.?

dhanāḍhyo jāyate vaiśyaḥ śūdro vai dharmabhāg bhavet // (32.1) Par.?

saubhāgyasantatiṃ nārī śrutvaitatsamavāpnuyāt / (33.1) Par.?

śriyaṃ saukhyaṃ svargavāsaṃ janma caivottame kule // (33.2) Par.?

rasabhedī kṛtaghnaśca svāmidhruṅ mitravañcakaḥ / (34.1) Par.?

goghnaśca garadaścaiva kanyāvikrayakārakaḥ // (34.2) Par.?

brahmaghnaśca surāpī ca steyī ca gurutalpagaḥ / (35.1) Par.?

narmadācaritaṃ śṛṇvaṃstāmabdaṃ yo 'bhiṣevate // (35.2) Par.?

sarvapāpavinirmukto jāyate nātra saṃśayaḥ / (36.1) Par.?

pākabhedī vṛthāpākī devabrāhmaṇanindakaḥ // (36.2) Par.?

parīvādī guroḥ pitroḥ sādhūnāṃ nṛpatestathā / (37.1) Par.?

te 'pi śrutvā ca pāpebhyo mucyante nātra saṃśayaḥ // (37.2) Par.?

ye punarbhāvitātmānaḥ śastraṃ śṛṇvanti nityaśaḥ / (38.1) Par.?

pūjayanti ca tacchāstraṃ nārmadaṃ vastrabhūṣaṇaiḥ // (38.2) Par.?

puṣpaiḥ phalaiś candanādyair bhojanair vividhair api / (39.1) Par.?

śāstre 'sminpūjite devāḥ pūjitā guravastathā // (39.2) Par.?

iha loke pare caiva nātra kāryā vicāraṇā / (40.1) Par.?

tasmātsarvaprayatnena gandhavastrādibhūṣaṇaiḥ // (40.2) Par.?

pūjayetparayā bhaktyā vācakaṃ śāstrameva ca / (41.1) Par.?

vedapāṭhaiśca yatpuṇyamagnihotraiśca pālitaiḥ // (41.2) Par.?

tatphalaṃ samavāpnoti narmadācarite śubhe / (42.1) Par.?

kurukṣetre ca yatpuṇyaṃ prabhāse puṣkare tathā // (42.2) Par.?

rudrāvarte gayāyāṃ ca vārāṇasyāṃ viśeṣataḥ / (43.1) Par.?

gaṅgādvāre prayāge ca gaṅgāsāgarasaṅgame // (43.2) Par.?

evamādiṣu tīrtheṣu yatpuṇyaṃ jāyate nṛṇām / (44.1) Par.?

narmadācaritaṃ śrutvā tatpuṇyaṃ sakalaṃ labhet // (44.2) Par.?

ādimadhyāvasāneṣu narmadācaritaṃ śubham / (45.1) Par.?

yaḥ śṛṇoti naro bhaktyā śṛṇudhvaṃ tatphalaṃ mahat // (45.2) Par.?

samāpya śivasaṃsthānaṃ devakanyāsamāvṛtaḥ / (46.1) Par.?

rudrasyānucaro bhūtvā śivena saha modate // (46.2) Par.?

dharmākhyānamidaṃ puṇyaṃ sarvākhyāneṣvanuttamam / (47.1) Par.?

gṛhe 'pi paṭhyate yasya caturvarṇasya sattamāḥ // (47.2) Par.?

dhanyaṃ tasya gṛhaṃ manye gṛhasthaṃ cāpi tatkulam / (48.1) Par.?

pustakaṃ pūjayedyastu narmadācaritasya tu // (48.2) Par.?

narmadā pūjitā tena bhagavāṃśca maheśvaraḥ / (49.1) Par.?

vācake pūjite tadvaddevāśca ṛṣayo 'rcitāḥ // (49.2) Par.?

lekhayitvā ca sakalaṃ revācaritamuttamam / (50.1) Par.?

bhūṣaṇaṃ sarvaśāstrāṇāṃ yo dadāti dvijanmane // (50.2) Par.?

narmadāsarvatīrtheṣu snānadānena yatphalam / (51.1) Par.?

tatphalaṃ samavāpnoti sa naro nātra saṃśayaḥ // (51.2) Par.?

etatpurāṇaṃ rudroktaṃ mahāpuṇyaphalapradam / (52.1) Par.?

svargadaṃ putradaṃ dhanyaṃ yaśasyaṃ kīrttivardhanam // (52.2) Par.?

dharmyamāyuṣyamatulaṃ duḥkhaduḥsvapnanāśanam / (53.1) Par.?

paṭhatāṃ śṛṇvatāṃ cāpi sarvakāmārthasiddhidam // (53.2) Par.?

yatpradattamidaṃ puṇyaṃ purāṇaṃ vācyate dvijaiḥ / (54.1) Par.?

śivaloke sthitis tasya purāṇākṣaravatsarī // (54.2) Par.?

iti nigaditametannarmadāyāścaritraṃ pavanagaditamagryaṃ śarvavaktrādavāpya / (55.1) Par.?

tribhuvanajanavandyaṃ tvetadādau munīnāṃ kulapatipuratas tat sūtamukhyena sādhu // (55.2) Par.?

iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍasamāptirevākhaṇḍapustakadānādimāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma dvātriṃśadadhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ // (56.1) Par.?