Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 70
दिव्यं सरस्वतीतीरे व्यासेनाराधितं पुरा । आमर्द्दकी नदी यत्र सरस्वत्या सहैकताम्
divyaṃ sarasvatītīre vyāsenārādhitaṃ purā | āmarddakī nadī yatra sarasvatyā sahaikatām
सरस्वतीच्या तीरावर एक दिव्य तीर्थ आहे, ज्याची प्राचीनकाळी व्यासांनी आराधना केली—जिथे आमर्दकी नदी सरस्वतीशी एकरूप होते.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Āmardakī–Sarasvatī Saṅgama (divya-tīrtha)
Type: sangam
Scene: Vyāsa performs worship on the Sarasvatī bank at a luminous confluence where the Āmardakī merges into Sarasvatī; two streams meet, with a small altar and ascetic presence.
FAQs
A confluence and a riverbank become supremely sacred through ancient worship by great ṛṣis and through the meeting of waters.
A divine Sarasvatī-tīrtha at the point where the Āmarddakī unites with the Sarasvatī.
No explicit rite is given; the verse highlights ārādhana (worship) performed there by Vyāsa as the model.