Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 55
एवमभ्यर्थितो राज्ञा गर्गो ब्राह्मणपुंगवः । तौ निनाय महापुण्यं कालिंद्यास्तटमुत्तमम्
evamabhyarthito rājñā gargo brāhmaṇapuṃgavaḥ | tau nināya mahāpuṇyaṃ kāliṃdyāstaṭamuttamam
国王如此恳请后，伽尔伽——婆罗门中之翘楚——便引领夫妻二人前往迦林底河（阎牟那）一处殊胜而大福德的河岸。
Sūta (narration)
Tirtha: Kāliṅdī-taṭa (Yamunā bank; specific tīrtha unnamed)
Type: ghat
Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya sages (implied)
Scene: Garga leads the royal couple along a path to the bright riverbank of the Yamunā; the water glints, sacred trees line the shore, and the spot feels ‘mahāpuṇya’; the couple prepares for rites.
FAQs
Right spiritual practice is grounded in both right guidance (guru) and right place (a puṇya tīrtha).
An excellent, highly meritorious tīrtha on the bank of the Kāliṅdī (Yamunā) is indicated.
The verse prepares for tīrtha-based observances (such as snāna and initiation) by relocating to a sacred riverbank.