Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 58
पञ्चस्रोताः स्थिता तत्र पञ्चपातकनाशनी । नदीनां प्रवरा सा तु ब्रह्मभूता सरस्वती
pañcasrotāḥ sthitā tatra pañcapātakanāśanī | nadīnāṃ pravarā sā tu brahmabhūtā sarasvatī
Dort steht sie mit fünf Strömen, die die fünf großen Sünden vernichten. Unter den Flüssen ist sie die erhabenste—Sarasvatī, von der Natur des Brahman selbst.
Aśarīriṇī Vāk (continuing instruction)
Tirtha: Sarasvatī (Prabhāsa)
Type: ghat
Listener: Rāma
Scene: Sarasvatī as a radiant river-goddess with veena stands at a confluence-like spread of five channels; pilgrims bathe; the water glows with scriptural light, suggesting Brahman-nature.
FAQs
Contact with a truly sanctified tīrtha is portrayed as spiritually transformative, capable of dissolving even the gravest moral burdens.
Sarasvatī at Prabhāsa, described as five-streamed (pañca-srotas).
Implicitly, tīrtha-sevā such as snāna (ritual bathing) in Sarasvatī, since she is declared destroyer of the five great sins.