Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6
सा गृहीत्वा सती भर्तुर्भस्म सर्वं चितेस्तथा । प्रविष्टा सागरं देवि तदा जांबवती शुभा
sā gṛhītvā satī bharturbhasma sarvaṃ citestathā | praviṣṭā sāgaraṃ devi tadā jāṃbavatī śubhā
وہ ستی عورت اپنے شوہر اور چتا کی ساری راکھ اٹھا کر، اے دیوی، اس وقت سمندر میں داخل ہوئی؛ تب وہ مبارک جامبَوتی (دریا) بن گئی۔
Narrator (continuing Īśvara’s account)
Tirtha: Jāmbavatī-nadī (as river-person) / Sāgara-tīrtha (entry point)
Type: sangam
Listener: Devī
Scene: Jāmbavatī, serene and auspicious, gathers her husband’s ashes and the pyre’s remnants, walks to the roaring ocean, and steps into the waves; her form dissolves into a flowing river-current entering the sea.
FAQs
The Purāṇas portray sacred waters as embodiments of virtue, making remembrance and reverence toward them a form of dharma.
The Jāmbavatī river and its oceanward sacred course within the Prabhāsa region.
No direct injunction here; it strengthens the river’s sanctity that underlies bathing and pilgrimage merit.