Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 108
तापीनाम नदी चेयं विंध्यमूलाद्विनिःसृता । नित्यं पुण्यजला स्नाने पश्चिमोदधिगामिनी
tāpīnāma nadī ceyaṃ viṃdhyamūlādviniḥsṛtā | nityaṃ puṇyajalā snāne paścimodadhigāminī
یہی ندی تاپی کہلاتی ہے، جو وِندھیا پہاڑ کی جڑ سے پھوٹتی ہے۔ اس کا پانی سدا غسل کے لیے مقدس ہے، اور یہ مغربی سمندر کی طرف بہتی ہے۔
Unspecified narrator (Purāṇic narration within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya; traditionally Sūta-style narration to sages)
Tirtha: Tāpī (Tāptī)
Type: river
Scene: The Tāpī river emerges from the Vindhya-rooted hills, clear and luminous, with pilgrims bathing; the river flows westward toward the ocean under a vast sky, suggesting perpetual sanctity.
FAQs
Sacred geography sanctifies the devotee: rivers are praised as living tīrthas whose waters purify through snāna.
The Tāpī (Tapti) river is praised as a holy tīrtha-river within the Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya narrative world.
Snāna (ritual bathing) in the Tāpī is implied as meritorious due to her ‘puṇya-jala’ nature.