Adhyaya 126: Tapas-Tirtha: The Debate on the Primacy of Fire and Water and the Sanctity of the Confluence

Adhyaya 126 frames a sacred-topographical eulogy of Tapas-tīrtha (also termed Sattratīrtha, Agnitīrtha, and Sārasvata) through a doctrinal dispute among Vedic sages regarding which element is “eldest”