Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 16
सूर्यभक्ताः सदा रक्ष्या ब्राह्मणा गृहमेधिनः । त्वं चापि यमुने चात्र कोटितीर्थेन संयुता
sūryabhaktāḥ sadā rakṣyā brāhmaṇā gṛhamedhinaḥ | tvaṃ cāpi yamune cātra koṭitīrthena saṃyutā
सूर्यभक्तांचे सदैव रक्षण करावे—विशेषतः गृहस्थधर्म पाळणाऱ्या ब्राह्मणांचे। आणि हे यमुने, तूही येथे कोटीतीर्थाशी संयुक्त होऊन प्रतिष्ठित राहा.
Narrative instruction (contextual; continuing the command discourse)
Tirtha: Koṭitīrtha (explicit) with Yamunā-saṃyoga
Type: ghat
Listener: Divine agents present in narrative; externally Śaunaka and sages
Scene: A protective decree: Sūrya-devotees and gṛhastha brāhmaṇas are safeguarded; Yamunā appears as a river-goddess being ritually ‘seated’ into Koṭitīrtha, with priests and devotees witnessing the sacred joining of waters.
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Holy places uphold social-spiritual order by protecting sincere devotees and dharmic householders, while sanctifying the landscape through tīrtha-union.
Koṭitīrtha within Prabhāsakṣetra, where Yamunā is said to be joined/established.
An implied dharmic injunction: safeguarding Sūrya-bhaktas and gṛhamedhin brāhmaṇas; no explicit rite is detailed.