The Glory of different sacred places on the Narmada^ Markaiideya said : - Verse 21
Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · 41 · Verse 21
Sanskrit Original
तथास्त्वित्याह भगवान देव्या सह महेश्वरः। पश्यतस्तस्य विप्रर्षेरन्तर्धानं गतो हरः।।
tathāstvityāha bhagavān devyā saha maheśvaraḥ| paśyatastasya viprarṣerantardhānaṃ gato haraḥ||
O leading king, thereafter one should go to the ex¬ cellent Pihgalesvara. By observing fast for a day and night, one shall attain the benefit ofTriratra sacrifice. 22-23a. O leading king, he who makes a gift of a tawny- coloured cow, there, is honoured in the Rudra-loka as many thousand years as there are hairs on its body and on that of its calves. 584 Kurma Pur ana 23b-24a. O ruler of men, he who abandons his life there, rejoices indefinitely as long as the moon and the sun shines. 24b-25a. Those who stay on the banks of Narmada go to heaven when they die just like the saintly men of good activities. 25b. Thereafter, one should go to Diptesvara. It is a penance grove otherwise called Vyasatirtha.