यथान्याः सरितो लोके वारिपूर्णाः सहस्रशः । तथैषानानुमंतव्या सद्भिस्त्रिपथगामिनी
yathānyāḥ sarito loke vāripūrṇāḥ sahasraśaḥ | tathaiṣānānumaṃtavyā sadbhistripathagāminī
Dẫu trong đời có hàng ngàn sông khác đầy nước, nhưng bậc hiền thiện chớ xem Gaṅgā này—Tripathagā, dòng chảy qua ba cõi—chỉ như những sông thường.
Skanda
Tirtha: Tripathagā Gaṅgā
Type: kshetra
Listener: sadbhis / addressed audience of the virtuous
Scene: A comparative tableau: many rivers on earth, yet Gaṅgā shown as luminous Tripathagā—flowing simultaneously through heaven, earth, and nether realms—while sages gesture in instruction.
Spiritual discernment is urged: Gaṅgā is not simply a physical river but a trans-cosmic tīrtha (Tripathagā) with exceptional purifying power.
Gaṅgā as Tripathagā, central to Kāśī’s tīrtha identity in the Skanda Purāṇa.
No direct prescription; it establishes why Gaṅgā is singled out for snāna, tarpaṇa, and other tīrtha observances.