Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 5
तिस्रस्तु संगतास्तत्र स्रोतस्विन्यो घटोद्भव । तिस्रः कल्मषहारिण्यो दक्षिणे हि त्रिलोचनात्
tisrastu saṃgatāstatra srotasvinyo ghaṭodbhava | tisraḥ kalmaṣahāriṇyo dakṣiṇe hi trilocanāt
हे घटोद्भवा (अगस्त्या)! तेथे तीन प्रवाहिनी नद्या एकत्र येतात—तिन्ही कल्मष हरिणाऱ्या—आणि त्या त्रिलोचनाच्या दक्षिणेस आहेत.
Skanda
Tirtha: Tri-srotas-saṅgama (south of Trilocana)
Type: sangam
Listener: Agastya (Ghaṭodbhava)
Scene: Three clear streams converge near the southern side of a Śiva shrine; the confluence glows as pilgrims gather water and prepare for ablutions.
FAQs
Sacred geography is also sacred hydrology: tīrtha-waters are celebrated as sin-removing when connected to Śiva’s presence.
Virajā-pīṭha region in Kāśī, described with a three-stream confluence near (south of) Trilocana.
Not explicit in this verse, but the confluence description implies snāna and tīrtha-sevā as the intended practice.