Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 11
एवं तु कपिला चैव विशल्या राजसत्तम । ईश्वरेण पुरा सृष्टा लोकानां हितकाम्यया
evaṃ tu kapilā caiva viśalyā rājasattama | īśvareṇa purā sṛṣṭā lokānāṃ hitakāmyayā
ഹേ രാജശ്രേഷ്ഠാ! ലോകങ്ങളുടെ ഹിതം ആഗ്രഹിച്ച് പരമേശ്വരൻ പുരാതനകാലത്ത് കപിലയും വിശല്യയും—ഇരുവരെയും സൃഷ്ടിച്ചു.
Unspecified in the snippet (narrator addressing a king)
Tirtha: Kapilā–Viśalyā tīrtha (implied)
Type: sangam
Listener: King (rājan/bhūpati)
Scene: A cosmic-creation tableau: Īśvara manifests two luminous streams—Kapilā and Viśalyā—flowing from divine presence toward the earth, with sages and kings witnessing the sanctifying descent.
FAQs
Sacred rivers and tīrthas are presented as divine gifts, created for the welfare and purification of all beings.
Kapilā and Viśalyā—holy waters/tīrthas within the Revā Khaṇḍa sacred geography.
No direct prescription; the verse provides theological grounding for the tīrtha’s authority by stating its divine origin.