[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c9.3150 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.3150 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.3150 - **Language:** English ### [c9.3150](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.3150) 5). Tapati becomes river Narmadā. Sūrya, father of Tapati, blessed her and said she would thereafter flow west from the Vindhya as a river named Narmadā. The present holy river Narmadā is but Tapatīdevī transformed. (Chapter 47, Bhaviṣya Purāṇa). - [Previous: c9.3149](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.3149) - [Next: c9.3151](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.3151) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9) ## Cites (1) - [Bhaviṣyapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhavisya) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.3150](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.3150) · Pramāṇa