Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 49
शतमष्टाधिकं प्राह प्रत्येकं सङ्गमेषु च । नदीनामवशिष्टानां कावेरीसङ्गमं विना
śatamaṣṭādhikaṃ prāha pratyekaṃ saṅgameṣu ca | nadīnāmavaśiṣṭānāṃ kāverīsaṅgamaṃ vinā
காவேரி சங்கமத்தைத் தவிர, மீதமுள்ள நதிகளின் ஒவ்வொரு சங்கமத்திலும் தலா நூற்றெட்டு தீர்த்தங்கள் உள்ளன என்று அவர் கூறினார்.
Bhārgava (implied by continuity of narration in Adhyāya 231)
Tirtha: Saṅgamas (general); Kāverī-saṅgama (exception)
Type: sangam
Listener: dvija audience (implicit from surrounding address)
Scene: A confluence where two rivers meet, shown as differently colored streams merging; a sage indicates ‘108’ with a mālā; a separate distant vignette hints at the Kāverī confluence marked as ‘exception’ with a distinct aura.
FAQs
Confluences are emphasized as concentrated sacred zones, commonly hosting a complete set symbolized by the number 108.
River confluences in general are praised, with special attention to the Kāverī confluence as an exception.
No direct prescription; the verse frames confluences as especially potent pilgrimage nodes.