Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 28
अयं तु सङ्गमः पुण्यो यथा वेण्यां सितासितः । दृष्ट्वा तीर्थं तु ते सर्वे गीर्वाणा हृष्टचेतसः
ayaṃ tu saṅgamaḥ puṇyo yathā veṇyāṃ sitāsitaḥ | dṛṣṭvā tīrthaṃ tu te sarve gīrvāṇā hṛṣṭacetasaḥ
இந்த சங்கமம் புண்ணியமானது—வேணியில் வெண்மையும் கருமையும் கலப்பதுபோல். அந்த தீர்த்தத்தைத் தரிசித்தவுடன் எல்லா கீர்வாணரும் (தேவர்கள்) மகிழ்ச்சியுற்றனர்।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced for Āvantya Khaṇḍa narration style)
Tirtha: Puṇya-saṅgama (Revā-khaṇḍa)
Type: sangam
Scene: A luminous confluence where two differently colored currents meet, likened to white and dark strands in a braid; devas hover or stand on the bank, smiling with uplifted hearts.
FAQs
A river confluence is exalted as a concentrated seat of sanctity; even the devas rejoice upon its darśana.
A saṅgama-tīrtha (confluence) in the Revā Khaṇḍa setting, likely tied to the named rivers of the preceding verse.
Darśana (beholding the tīrtha) is explicitly praised; bathing is implied by the surrounding context but not stated in this verse.