Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 23
सरस्वती सिंधुसंगो गंगासागरसंगमः । कांती च त्र्यंबकं चापि सप्तगोदावरीतटम्
sarasvatī siṃdhusaṃgo gaṃgāsāgarasaṃgamaḥ | kāṃtī ca tryaṃbakaṃ cāpi saptagodāvarītaṭam
سرسوتی؛ سِندھو کے ساتھ سنگم؛ گنگا اور سمندر کے ملاپ کا مقام؛ کانتی؛ تریَمبک؛ اور گوداوری کے کناروں پر سات مقدس گھاٹ—یہ بھی مکتی بخش تیرتھوں میں سراہَے گئے ہیں۔
Skanda (deduced from Kāśīkhaṇḍa dialogue context)
Tirtha: Sarasvatī tīrthas; Sindhu-saṅgama; Gaṅgā-sāgara; Tryambaka; Saptagodāvarī-taṭa; Kāṃtī (uncertain)
Type: sangam
Listener: Frame-listener
Scene: A flowing sequence of sacred waters: a vanished Sarasvatī suggested by a dry riverbed with hidden shimmer; the mighty Sindhu confluence; Gaṅgā meeting the ocean at Gangāsāgar with pilgrims and waves; Tryambaka’s forested hills with a spring; and multiple Godāvarī bank scenes across seven stretches.
FAQs
River confluences and river-banks are treated as potent tīrthas where the devotee’s contact with sacred waters supports purification and liberation-oriented merit.
Gaṅgāsāgara, Tryambaka, and the Godāvarī banks are prominent; Sarasvatī and Sindhu-confluence tīrthas are also named.
Not explicit; traditionally these sites are approached for snāna (holy bathing), tarpaṇa, and worship connected with the river-deities and local liṅgas.