Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 47
पंच नद्यः समाहूतास्तत्राऽजग्मुः सुरान्विताः । मरीचये गोमती च लक्ष्मणा चात्रये तथा
paṃca nadyaḥ samāhūtāstatrā'jagmuḥ surānvitāḥ | marīcaye gomatī ca lakṣmaṇā cātraye tathā
ولمّا دُعيت، حضرت هناك خمسةُ أنهارٍ مصحوبةً بالآلهة: فجاءت غوماتي من أجل مريچي، وجاءت لكشمانا كذلك من أجل أتري.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa/Sauti), narrating
Tirtha: Pañcanada (five-river complex)
Type: sangam
Scene: Five river-goddesses arrive in response to a summons, each with distinct emblems; devas accompany them as they converge at Pañcanada; Gomatī aligns with Marīci, and Lakṣmaṇā with Atri.
FAQs
Sacred rivers are not merely waters but divine presences aligned with ṛṣis and cosmic order.
The Pañcanada setting where five rivers are gathered to form a sanctifying tīrtha.
No direct prescription here; it narrates the divine gathering that grounds the tīrtha’s sanctity.