Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 51
तत्रागता महाभागा स्नातुकामा सरस्वती । पुण्यानां परमा पुण्या नदीनामुत्तमा नदी
tatrāgatā mahābhāgā snātukāmā sarasvatī | puṇyānāṃ paramā puṇyā nadīnāmuttamā nadī
അവിടെ മഹാഭാഗ്യവതിയായ സരസ്വതി സ്നാനം ചെയ്യുവാൻ ആഗ്രഹിച്ച് എത്തുന്നു—പുണ്യങ്ങളിൽ പരമപുണ്യം, നദികളിൽ ഉത്തമ നദി.
Mārkaṇḍeya
Tirtha: Daśāśvamedha (contextual)
Type: ghat
Listener: Rājendra
Scene: Sarasvatī as a radiant river-goddess approaches the Narmadā ghāṭa to bathe; the scene suggests a mystical meeting of waters, with sages and pilgrims witnessing the divine arrival.
FAQs
Holy rivers are revered not merely as waters but as living embodiments of purity that support pilgrimage and inner cleansing.
Daśāśvamedha-tīrtha, where Sarasvatī is said to come for bathing.
Snāna (ritual bathing) is implied as a central practice connected with the tīrtha and Sarasvatī.
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