तस्मादियं सरिज्जज्ञे कपिलाख्या महानदी । संयोगादङ्गरागस्य वस्त्रोद्यत्कपिलं जलम्
tasmādiyaṃ sarijjajñe kapilākhyā mahānadī | saṃyogādaṅgarāgasya vastrodyatkapilaṃ jalam
اسی سے یہ سرِتا پیدا ہوئی—کپِلا نامی عظیم ندی۔ بدن کے اُبٹن اور کپڑے کے ملاپ سے پانی نے سنہرا مائل (کپِل) رنگ اختیار کر لیا۔
Mārkaṇḍeya
Tirtha: Kapilā
Type: river
Listener: nṛpa (king)
Scene: From the wrung cloth’s water, a new river springs forth—Kapilā—its waters tawny-golden from the mingled unguent, flowing outward as a distinct sacred stream.
Purāṇic tīrthas arise from divine causes, and their very names encode sacred meaning and remembrance.
The Kapilā river itself is presented as a great sacred river within the Revā/Narmadā tīrtha sphere.
No direct rite is stated; the verse establishes the etiology that supports reverence, snāna, and pilgrimage to Kapilā.