एषा ते कथिता तात कावेरी सरितां वरा । रुद्रदेहसमुत्पन्ना तेन पुण्या सरिद्वरा
eṣā te kathitā tāta kāverī saritāṃ varā | rudradehasamutpannā tena puṇyā saridvarā
ప్రియ తాత, నదులలో శ్రేష్ఠమైన కావేరి గురించి నేను నీకు చెప్పాను. ఆమె రుద్రుని దేహమునుండి ఉద్భవించినది; అందువల్ల ఆమె పరమ పుణ్యవతి, పవిత్ర సరితలలో శ్రేష్ఠ.
Skanda (deduced from Skanda Purana narrative framework)
Tirtha: Kāverī
Type: river
Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira (implied)
Scene: Kāverī appears as a radiant river-goddess emerging from Rudra’s body/aura; sages and devotees offer water-libations; the river is crowned as ‘best among rivers’.
Kāverī’s holiness is grounded in her divine origin from Rudra, making her a premier purifier and giver of puṇya.
The Kāverī river itself as a supreme tīrtha-river within the Skanda Purana’s sacred geography.
No explicit act is commanded here; it concludes the praise establishing Kāverī’s sanctity (supporting snāna, dāna, and darśana in context).