Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2
तस्यां त्रिनेत्रा मत्स्याः स्युर्नित्यमांभसिकाः प्रिये । कलौयुगेऽपि दृश्यंते सत्यंसत्यं मयोदितम्
tasyāṃ trinetrā matsyāḥ syurnityamāṃbhasikāḥ priye | kalauyuge'pi dṛśyaṃte satyaṃsatyaṃ mayoditam
ಹೇ ಪ್ರಿಯೆ, ಆ ನದಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಮೂರು ಕಣ್ಣುಗಳಿರುವ ಮೀನುಗಳು ಇವೆ; ಅವು ಸದಾ ನೀರಲ್ಲೇ ವಾಸಿಸುತ್ತವೆ. ಕಲಿಯುಗದಲ್ಲಿಯೂ ಅವು ಕಾಣಿಸುತ್ತವೆ—ಇದು ಸತ್ಯ, ಸತ್ಯ, ನಾನು ಹೇಳಿದದೇ.
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Gaṅgā (Tripathagā) of Prabhāsa
Type: kund
Listener: Priye/Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Clear river waters revealing fish with three eyes; pilgrims and sages watch in awe; Śiva’s words hover as a truth-seal, suggesting the tīrtha’s living sanctity.
FAQs
A tīrtha is authenticated by enduring sacred signs; divine wonder persists even in Kali-yuga.
The Tripathagā Gaṅgā tīrtha near Saṅgāleśvara in Prabhāsa Kṣetra.
No explicit rite here; the verse emphasizes the tīrtha’s marvel as an assurance of its sanctity.