Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3
आदिनारायणाद्देवि पश्चिमे धनुषां त्रये । संस्थिता सा महादेवी सरिद्रूपा महानदी
ādinārāyaṇāddevi paścime dhanuṣāṃ traye | saṃsthitā sā mahādevī saridrūpā mahānadī
தேவி, ஆதிநாராயணனின் மேற்கே மூன்று வில்-அளவு தூரத்தில் அந்த மஹாதேவி நிலைத்திருக்கிறாள்; ஆற்றுருவம் கொண்ட அவளே அந்தப் பெருநதி.
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Saṃnihitā
Type: ghat
Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Śiva points out the Saṃnihitā: three bow-lengths west of Ādinārāyaṇa, the Great Goddess present as a river/stream—small in form yet vast in sanctity.
FAQs
The text anchors holiness in precise sacred geography, presenting the river as a goddess whose presence is locatable and approachable.
Saṃnihitā tīrtha in Prabhāsakṣetra, positioned west of the Ādinārāyaṇa shrine/seat.
No direct rite; the verse provides pilgrimage guidance by identifying the tīrtha’s location.