Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 56
ततः सिंध्वभिधाना सा पश्चिमं सागरं गता । शतानि नव संगृह्य नदीनां परमेश्वरि
tataḥ siṃdhvabhidhānā sā paścimaṃ sāgaraṃ gatā | śatāni nava saṃgṛhya nadīnāṃ parameśvari
ఆపై ‘సింధు’ అనే ఆ ధారా పశ్చిమ సముద్రానికి వెళ్లింది, ఓ పరమేశ్వరి; నదులలో తొమ్మిది వందలను సమీకరించి తనలో కలుపుకుంది.
Śiva
Tirtha: Sindhu
Type: river
Listener: Pārvatī
Scene: A mighty western-flowing river labeled ‘Sindhu’ surges toward the setting-sun ocean, joined by innumerable tributaries like garlands entering a single current.
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Sacred rivers are portrayed as a divine network, converging and carrying accumulated sanctity toward the ocean.
The western oceanic confluence associated with the Sindhu stream is implied as a sacred terminus.
None explicitly.
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