Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 78
एषा वै वस्त्रसम्भूता नर्मदातोयसम्भवा । महापुण्यतमा ज्ञेया कपिला सरिदुत्तमा
eṣā vai vastrasambhūtā narmadātoyasambhavā | mahāpuṇyatamā jñeyā kapilā sariduttamā
یہ کپِلا بے شک کپڑے سے پیدا ہوئی اور نَرمدا کے پانی سے جنمی۔ اسے نہایت عظیم پُنّیہ والی جانو—کپِلا، دریاؤں میں سب سے برتر۔
Mārkaṇḍeya
Tirtha: Kapilā
Type: river
Listener: null
Scene: The Kapilā river is shown as a radiant tributary-like stream emerging from a consecrated cloth, merging toward the broader Narmadā; a narrator-sage proclaims her supreme merit as pilgrims bow.
FAQs
Association with a great tīrtha (Narmadā) and divine origin makes a river a powerful means of purification and merit.
Kapilā river, explicitly linked to Narmadā (Revā) and praised as highly merit-giving.
No explicit prescription; the verse implies tīrtha-sevā such as bathing and reverent approach due to its great puṇya.