Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 18
मत्प्रियार्थं तु शक्रेण प्रेषिता मुनिसत्तम । मन्दाकिनीति विख्याता नदी त्रैलोक्यपाविनी
matpriyārthaṃ tu śakreṇa preṣitā munisattama | mandākinīti vikhyātā nadī trailokyapāvinī
O pinakadakila sa mga pantas, alang-alang sa bagay na mahal sa akin, si Śakra (Indra) ay nagsugo ng isang ilog—na tanyag sa pangalang Mandākinī—na tagapaglinis ng tatlong daigdig.
Śiva (Maheśvara)
Tirtha: Mandākinī
Type: river
Listener: muni-sattama
Scene: Indra, at Śiva’s behest or for Śiva’s beloved purpose, causes a luminous river to descend/flow into the kṣetra; celestial beings witness the birth of a sacred stream labeled Mandākinī.
FAQs
Sacred waters are not merely natural—they are portrayed as divinely commissioned for purification and dharmic uplift.
Mandākinī associated with the Arbuda sacred landscape (Mount Abu) and its Śaiva sanctity.
Implicitly, reverence for and ritual use of the Mandākinī as a purifying tīrtha.