Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 23
कावेरीसङ्गमं तेन सर्वपापहरं विदुः । स्वर्गाणामपि सर्वेषां द्वारमेतद्युधिष्ठिर
kāverīsaṅgamaṃ tena sarvapāpaharaṃ viduḥ | svargāṇāmapi sarveṣāṃ dvārametadyudhiṣṭhira
اسی لیے کاویری کے سنگم کو سب گناہوں کو ہرانے والا جانا گیا ہے۔ اے یُدھشٹھِر، یہ تو تمام سُورگوں کا بھی دروازہ ہے۔
Narrator (addressing Yudhiṣṭhira)
Tirtha: Kāverī-saṅgama
Type: sangam
Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira
Scene: The confluence shown as a radiant threshold: two/three streams meeting, a luminous ‘gate’ motif in the sky, devas indicating an upward path, pilgrims at the bank preparing for snāna.
FAQs
Association with a great tīrtha—especially a river confluence—purifies accumulated sin and opens the path to higher worlds when approached with reverence.
Kāverī-saṅgama (the confluence of the Kāverī), praised as sarva-pāpa-hara.
The verse highlights the site’s power; the practical rites (snāna, dāna, arcana) are detailed in nearby verses.