The Birth and Consecration of Skanda (Kartikeya) at Kurukshetra
गृध्रपत्रं च विमला चारुवक्त्रं मनोहरा धूतपापा महारावं कर्णा विद्रुमसंनिभम्
gṛdhrapatraṃ ca vimalā cāruvaktraṃ manoharā dhūtapāpā mahārāvaṃ karṇā vidrumasaṃnibham
વિમલાએ ગૃધ્રપત્ર આપ્યો; મનોહરાએ ચારુવક્ત્ર પ્રદાન કર્યો; ધૂતપાપાએ મહારાવ આપ્યો; અને કર્ણાએ વિદ્રુમસન્નિભ પ્રદાન કર્યો.
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In Saromāhātmya-style passages, the same naming register can cover rivers, subsidiary streams, ponds (sarovaras), confluences, and specific bathing points. Without additional qualifiers in adjacent verses, they are best treated as tīrtha-names within the sacred hydrography.
The epithet ‘great roar’ commonly points to a loud water feature—rapids, a waterfall, a strong confluence, or a wind-exposed lake edge—memorialized as a named tīrtha.
Dhūtapāpā can function as both a specific proper name and a classificatory title for multiple ‘sin-washing’ spots. Repetition may reflect either multiple sites sharing the epithet or a textual catalog that groups related tīrthas under a renowned purifier-name.