Skandapurana 6.3.238.p12

6.3.238.p12

11 narmadātīre vedādhyayanapaṭhanaphalam, narmadāyāṃ snānadānajapahomahavanādiphalam, narmadādarśanapuṇyaphalam, narmadāsahavāsena sarvasiddhyādimanorathaprāptiphalakathanam, narmadātīre bhasmalepanādyāhnikakarmaphalakathanam, narmadāyāḥ sarvato'pyadhikatvarūpamāhātmyavarṇanam.... 186 2

11. The fruit of studying and reciting the Veda on the bank of the Narmadā; the fruit of ritual ablution, gifting, muttered prayer, fire offering, oblations, and other rites in the Narmadā; the fruit of the religious merit from the darśana of the Narmadā; recounting the fruit of achieving all perfections and wishes through dwelling together with the Narmadā; recounting the fruit of daily religious duties such as smearing sacred ashes on the bank of the Narmadā; description of the māhātmya consisting in the Narmadā's superiority over all else. 186 2