Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 108
तापीनाम नदी चेयं विंध्यमूलाद्विनिःसृता । नित्यं पुण्यजला स्नाने पश्चिमोदधिगामिनी
tāpīnāma nadī ceyaṃ viṃdhyamūlādviniḥsṛtā | nityaṃ puṇyajalā snāne paścimodadhigāminī
Cette rivière se nomme Tāpī. Elle jaillit au pied des monts Vindhya ; ses eaux sont à jamais saintes pour le bain rituel, et elle s’écoule vers l’océan de l’Ouest.
Unspecified narrator (Purāṇic narration within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya; traditionally Sūta-style narration to sages)
Tirtha: Tāpī (Tāptī)
Type: river
Scene: The Tāpī river emerges from the Vindhya-rooted hills, clear and luminous, with pilgrims bathing; the river flows westward toward the ocean under a vast sky, suggesting perpetual sanctity.
FAQs
Sacred geography sanctifies the devotee: rivers are praised as living tīrthas whose waters purify through snāna.
The Tāpī (Tapti) river is praised as a holy tīrtha-river within the Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya narrative world.
Snāna (ritual bathing) in the Tāpī is implied as meritorious due to her ‘puṇya-jala’ nature.