Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4
हिरण्या वज्रिणी न्यंकुः कपिला च सरस्वती
hiraṇyā vajriṇī nyaṃkuḥ kapilā ca sarasvatī
ഹിരണ്യാ, വജ്രിണീ, ന്യങ്കു, കപിലാ, സരസ്വതി—ഇവ അഞ്ചു (പവിത്ര) നദികൾ/ശക്തികൾ എന്നു കീർത്തിക്കപ്പെടുന്നു.
Īśvara (Śiva) (continuing narration)
Tirtha: Pañca-nadī/pañca-srotas associated with Prabhāsa (as named)
Type: sangam
Listener: Devī
Scene: A stylized presentation of five river-goddesses or five labeled streams—Hiraṇyā, Vajriṇī, Nyaṃku, Kapilā, Sarasvatī—flowing toward a sacred coastal kṣetra.
FAQs
The tīrtha tradition preserves sacred geography through named waters, indicating multiple sanctifying channels connected to the kṣetra.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra broadly, via its associated sacred waters and streams.
No explicit ritual is stated; the verse functions as a catalog of revered waters for remembrance and later practice.