Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 117
तापी पयोष्णी निर्विध्या कावेरी च महीनदी । कृष्णा वेणी भीमरथी सह्यपादोद्भवाः स्मृताः
tāpī payoṣṇī nirvidhyā kāverī ca mahīnadī | kṛṣṇā veṇī bhīmarathī sahyapādodbhavāḥ smṛtāḥ
La Tāpī, la Payoṣṇī, la Nirvindhyā, la Kāverī et la rivière Mahī—ainsi que la Kṛṣṇā, la Veṇī et la Bhīmarathī—sont rappelées comme issues des contreforts du Sahya.
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative frame
Tirtha: Sahya-pāda (Western Ghats foothill tīrthas)
Type: peak
Scene: The Sahya (Western Ghats) depicted as a long emerald ridge; multiple river goddesses emerge in procession—Kāverī with lotus and śaṅkha-like vessel, Kṛṣṇā darker-hued stream, Tāpī flowing west toward a stylized sea; pilgrims and farmers receive the waters as blessings.
FAQs
Remembering the sacred origins of rivers cultivates reverence for tīrthas and the dharmic sanctity of the land.
The Sahya mountain region (Sahyādri) is emphasized as a sacred source-area for multiple rivers.
None explicitly; the verse supports the tīrtha framework by identifying river origins.