Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 71
संप्राप्ता तन्महातीर्थं फलदं सर्वदेहिनाम् । आमर्दकी संगमं तं नापुण्यो वेद कश्चन । संगमेश्वरनामेति तत्र लिंगं प्रतिष्ठितम्
saṃprāptā tanmahātīrthaṃ phaladaṃ sarvadehinām | āmardakī saṃgamaṃ taṃ nāpuṇyo veda kaścana | saṃgameśvaranāmeti tatra liṃgaṃ pratiṣṭhitam
凡至此大圣渡处（tīrtha）者，皆得利益，惠及一切有身众生。阿摩尔达姬（Āmardakī）之汇流处，非有福德者不能知。其地安立一尊林伽（liṅga），名曰“桑伽梅湿伐罗”（Saṃgameśvara）。
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Āmardakī Saṅgama; Saṅgameśvara
Type: sangam
Scene: Pilgrims arrive at a luminous confluence; a Śiva-liṅga named Saṅgameśvara stands on a pedestal near the meeting waters; the scene conveys that only the meritorious truly ‘see’ the tīrtha’s greatness.
FAQs
True recognition of a tīrtha is itself a fruit of prior puṇya; sacred confluences are universal benefactors for all beings.
The Āmardakī saṅgama, where the liṅga named Saṃgameśvara is established.
Implicitly, worship of the Saṃgameśvara liṅga at the saṅgama; no detailed vow or donation is specified.
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