Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 77
एकपद्येन तद्रेतस्तप्तचामीकरप्रभम् । गंगायां च तदा क्षिप्रं कीचकैः परिवेष्टितम्
ekapadyena tadretastaptacāmīkaraprabham | gaṃgāyāṃ ca tadā kṣipraṃ kīcakaiḥ pariveṣṭitam
Dalam satu langkah saja, benih itu—berkilau laksana emas yang dipanaskan—segera dilemparkan ke Sungai Gaṅgā, dan di sana dikelilingi oleh rumpun ilalang.
Purāṇic narrator (Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa tradition within Māheśvarakhaṇḍa)
Tirtha: Gaṅgā-tīra (reed-enclosed birth-site motif)
Type: ghat
Scene: A blazing, molten-gold-like seed arcs swiftly into the flowing Gaṅgā; immediately a ring of tall reeds encloses it like a natural sanctum on the river surface/shallows.
FAQs
The Gaṅgā is portrayed as a sanctifying, protective medium where even cosmic forces are received and held within sacred order.
Gaṅgā is explicitly glorified as the sacred river central to Purāṇic tīrtha culture, connected to the Himalayan kedāra milieu.
No direct prescription; the verse contributes to Gaṅgā’s māhātmya by depicting her as the receiver of divine potency.