Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 6
गङ्गोवाच । त्वत्पादकमलाद्भ्रष्टा गङ्गा सहचरा विभो । यदृच्छया त्रिलोकेश वन्द्यमाना दिवौकसैः
gaṅgovāca | tvatpādakamalādbhraṣṭā gaṅgā sahacarā vibho | yadṛcchayā trilokeśa vandyamānā divaukasaiḥ
गंगा म्हणाली—हे विभो! मी गंगा, तुझी सहचरी, तुझ्या चरणकमलातून घसरून येथे आले आहे. हे त्रिलोकेश! दिव्यलोकातील देवांनी वंदिलेली मी यदृच्छेने (इथे) स्थित झाले आहे.
Gaṅgā
Tirtha: Gaṅgā
Type: river
Listener: Viṣṇu
Scene: Gaṅgā-devī speaks with folded hands, identifying herself as fallen/flowing from Viṣṇu’s lotus-feet, surrounded by subtle celestial witnesses (devas).
FAQs
Sacred rivers are not merely physical waters; they are divine in origin and worthy of reverence across the three worlds.
The verse reinforces the sanctity of Gaṅgā within the broader tirtha-mahātmya narrative of the Revā Khaṇḍa.
No explicit rite is prescribed; the emphasis is on Gaṅgā’s divine provenance and worship-worthiness.