Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 3
वसिष्ठ उवाच । गंगा च नर्मदा तापी यमुना च सरस्वती । गंडकी गोमती पूर्णा एता नद्यः सुपावनाः
vasiṣṭha uvāca | gaṃgā ca narmadā tāpī yamunā ca sarasvatī | gaṃḍakī gomatī pūrṇā etā nadyaḥ supāvanāḥ
Vasiṣṭha sprach: Gaṅgā, Narmadā, Tāpī, Yamunā und Sarasvatī, ebenso Gaṇḍakī, Gomatī und Pūrṇā—diese Flüsse sind überaus reinigend.
Vasiṣṭha
Tirtha: Sacred Rivers (Nadī-tīrthas)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śrī Rāma
Scene: Vasiṣṭha enumerates sacred rivers; visual can show a map-like sacred landscape with personified river goddesses flowing from mountains to plains, each with distinctive emblems.
FAQs
Sacred rivers function as living tīrthas—accessible channels of purification and merit for pilgrims.
Multiple river-tīrthas are named; the discourse then elevates particular rivers (notably Narmadā and Gaṅgā) in subsequent verses.
No specific ritual is stated here; the verse establishes the rivers’ purificatory status foundational to snāna, darśana, and offerings.