Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1
ईश्वर उवाच । ततो गच्छेन्महादेवि गंगां त्रिपथगामिनीम् । संगालेशादथैशान्यां धनुषां सप्तके स्थिताम्
īśvara uvāca | tato gacchenmahādevi gaṃgāṃ tripathagāminīm | saṃgāleśādathaiśānyāṃ dhanuṣāṃ saptake sthitām
Īśvara said: “Then, O great goddess, one should go to the Gaṅgā who flows in the three paths. She is situated to the northeast of Saṅgāleśa, at a distance of seven bow-lengths.”}]}}
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Gaṅgā (Tripathagā) of Prabhāsa
Type: ghat
Listener: Mahādevī/Pārvatī
Scene: Śiva instructs Pārvatī; a stylized map-like landscape shows Saṅgāleśvara shrine and, to its northeast, a shining river labeled Gaṅgā; pilgrims walk the short measured distance.
FAQs
Sacred geography is itself a dharmic map—knowing where to go is framed as part of pilgrimage discipline.
The Tripathagā Gaṅgā tīrtha located northeast of Saṅgāleśvara in Prabhāsa Kṣetra.
Undertaking yātrā to the Gaṅgā tīrtha as the next step in the pilgrimage sequence.
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