Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 48
तापी पयोष्णी निर्विध्या चन्द्रभागा इरावती । कावेरी शरयूश्चैव गंडकी नैमिषं तथा
tāpī payoṣṇī nirvidhyā candrabhāgā irāvatī | kāverī śarayūścaiva gaṃḍakī naimiṣaṃ tathā
ತಾಪೀ, ಪಯೋಷ್ಣೀ, ನಿರ್ವಿಂಧ್ಯಾ, ಚಂದ್ರಭಾಗಾ, ಇರಾವತೀ; ಹಾಗೆಯೇ ಕಾವೇರಿ, ಶರಯೂ, ಗಂಡಕೀ ಮತ್ತು ನೈಮಿಷ—ಇವೆಲ್ಲ ಪುಣ್ಯ ತೀರ್ಥ-ನದಿಗಳು.
Saṃvarta
Scene: A sage-like narrator invokes a garland of rivers; each river appears as a goddess emerging from her landscape—mountains, forests, plains—forming a procession toward a luminous confluence.
FAQs
Remembering and honoring tīrthas is itself a dharmic act, reflecting the Purāṇic vision of sanctified landscapes.
Multiple river tīrthas and Naimiṣa are named as exemplars within a broader praise of sacred waters.
None; it continues a litany of tīrthas rather than prescribing a particular vow or rite.