The Greatness of Narmadeshvara Tirtha

Verse 1 (skanda.5.279.1)

श्रीमार्कण्डेय उवाच। ततो गच्छेन्महीपाल नर्मदेश्वरमुत्तमम् । तत्र तीर्थे नरः स्नात्वा मुच्यते सर्वकिल्बिषैः ।

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca| tato gacchenmahīpāla narmadeśvaram uttamam| tatra tīrthe naraḥ snātvā mucyate sarvakilbiṣaiḥ||

Shri Markandeya said: Thereafter, O lord of the earth, one should go to the excellent Narmadeshvara. A man who bathes at that tirtha is freed from all sins.

Verse 2 (skanda.5.279.2)

अग्निप्रवेशश्च जलेऽथवा मृत्युरनाशके । अनिवर्तिका गतिस्तस्य यथा मे शङ्करोऽब्रवीत् ।

agnipraveśaś ca jale 'thavā mṛtyur anāśake| anivartikā gatis tasya yathā me śaṅkaro 'bravīt||

Entering fire, or water, or death by fasting-unto-death there - his destination becomes non-returning, as Shankara told me.