Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 27
चण्डपाणेश्च माहात्म्यं कावेरीसङ्गमस्तथा । कुबेरेश्वरतीर्थं च वाराहीसङ्गमस्तथा
caṇḍapāṇeśca māhātmyaṃ kāverīsaṅgamastathā | kubereśvaratīrthaṃ ca vārāhīsaṅgamastathā
चण्डपाणीचे माहात्म्य, तसेच कावेरीचा संगम; कुबेरेश्वर तीर्थ आणि वाराहीचा संगमही वर्णिला आहे।
Skanda (deduced, Revā Khaṇḍa tīrtha-māhātmya narration)
Tirtha: Kāverī-saṅgama; Vārāhī-saṅgama; Kubereśvara-tīrtha; Caṇḍapāṇi (kṣetrapāla focus)
Type: sangam
Listener: Ṛṣi audience / pilgrims
Scene: Two river confluences marked by ghats; between them, a fierce guardian deity Caṇḍapāṇi with weapon-bearing hand, and a Kubereśvara liṅga shrine with Kubera imagery (treasure pot, yakṣa attendants).
FAQs
The Purāṇa binds deity-glory (māhātmya) with sacred hydrology (saṅgama), teaching that devotion and geography together confer merit.
Kāverī Saṅgama, Kubereśvara Tīrtha, and Vārāhī Saṅgama (along with Caṇḍapāṇi’s māhātmya).
No explicit rite is stated; the verse enumerates sites whose māhātmya is to be heard and remembered.
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