तस्मादियं सरिज्जज्ञे कपिलाख्या महानदी । संयोगादङ्गरागस्य वस्त्रोद्यत्कपिलं जलम्
tasmādiyaṃ sarijjajñe kapilākhyā mahānadī | saṃyogādaṅgarāgasya vastrodyatkapilaṃ jalam
De là naquit cette rivière, le grand fleuve nommé Kapilā. Par le mélange de l’onguent du corps et de l’étoffe, l’eau prit une teinte fauve.
Mārkaṇḍeya
Tirtha: Kapilā
Type: river
Listener: nṛpa (king)
Scene: From the wrung cloth’s water, a new river springs forth—Kapilā—its waters tawny-golden from the mingled unguent, flowing outward as a distinct sacred stream.
Purāṇic tīrthas arise from divine causes, and their very names encode sacred meaning and remembrance.
The Kapilā river itself is presented as a great sacred river within the Revā/Narmadā tīrtha sphere.
No direct rite is stated; the verse establishes the etiology that supports reverence, snāna, and pilgrimage to Kapilā.