Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 23
सरस्वती सिंधुसंगो गंगासागरसंगमः । कांती च त्र्यंबकं चापि सप्तगोदावरीतटम्
sarasvatī siṃdhusaṃgo gaṃgāsāgarasaṃgamaḥ | kāṃtī ca tryaṃbakaṃ cāpi saptagodāvarītaṭam
Sarasvatī ; la confluence avec le Sindhu ; le lieu où le Gaṅgā rejoint l’océan ; Kāṃtī ; Tryambaka ; et les sept rives sacrées le long de la Godāvarī — eux aussi sont loués parmi les tīrtha qui donnent la délivrance.»
Skanda (deduced from Kāśīkhaṇḍa dialogue context)
Tirtha: Sarasvatī tīrthas; Sindhu-saṅgama; Gaṅgā-sāgara; Tryambaka; Saptagodāvarī-taṭa; Kāṃtī (uncertain)
Type: sangam
Listener: Frame-listener
Scene: A flowing sequence of sacred waters: a vanished Sarasvatī suggested by a dry riverbed with hidden shimmer; the mighty Sindhu confluence; Gaṅgā meeting the ocean at Gangāsāgar with pilgrims and waves; Tryambaka’s forested hills with a spring; and multiple Godāvarī bank scenes across seven stretches.
FAQs
River confluences and river-banks are treated as potent tīrthas where the devotee’s contact with sacred waters supports purification and liberation-oriented merit.
Gaṅgāsāgara, Tryambaka, and the Godāvarī banks are prominent; Sarasvatī and Sindhu-confluence tīrthas are also named.
Not explicit; traditionally these sites are approached for snāna (holy bathing), tarpaṇa, and worship connected with the river-deities and local liṅgas.