Skandapurana 3.1.53.30

3.1.53.30

26 atha gaṅgāyamunāgayākhyatīrthatritayamāhātmyavarṇanam, tatprasaṃgena jānaśrutirājavṛttānta-varṇanam, tatra janmataḥ paṅgoḥ sayugvāparaparyāyasya raikvamaharṣerdakṣiṇodadhisthagandha-mādanaparvate bahukālaṃ tapastapataḥ pāmarogotpattiḥ, tena yamunāgaṅgāgayākhyatīrtha- trayasnānacikīrṣayā mantroccāraṇapūrvakadhyānena tīrthatrayasyāhvāne kṛtamātre yamunā-gaṅgāgayākhyatīrthatrayasya tatsamīpa upasthitiḥ, tatra maharṣivacanāttasya tīrthatrayasya sadā saṃnidhānam, tasminnavasare kadācitsaudhavātāyanasthasya pautrāyaṇasya jāna-śrutimahīpateḥ samīpe'nugrahārthaṃ niśīthasamaye hṛṃsarūpeṇa maharṣīṇāmāgamanam, teṣvṛṣiṣu madhya ekena haṃsarūpiṇā maharṣiṇā jānaśruterbrahmajñānaprāptaye parokṣeṇa raikvamaharṣipraśaṃsāṃ kṛtvā sarvaiḥ saha brahmalokaṃ prati gamanam, atha gateṣu teṣu maharṣiṣu jānaśruterbrahmavidyopalabdhaye sayugvanaṃ raikvamaharṣiṃ prati śaraṇagamanam , tataḥ sayugvano raikvamaharṣerājñayā yamunāgaṅgāgayākhyatīrthatraye snānaṃ vidhāya cittaśuddheranantaraṃ jānaśrute rājño raikvakṛtabrahmajñānopadeśena brahmabhūyatvaprāpti varṇanam-.. ..... 46 1

26. Now begins the description of the māhātmya of the triad of tīrthas called Gaṅgā, Yamunā, and Gayā: In that connection, the description of the account of King Jānaśruti; there, the onset of skin disease in the great sage Raikva, who was lame from birth and known by the alias Sayugvan, as he performed austerity for a long time on Mount Gandhamādana situated by the southern ocean; when he summoned the triad of tīrthas by meditation preceded by the recitation of mantras, desiring to bathe in the triad of tīrthas named Yamunā, Gaṅgā, and Gayā, the immediate arrival of the triad of tīrthas named Yamunā, Gaṅgā, and Gayā into his presence; the eternal presence of that triad of tīrthas there at the word of the great sage; at that time, the arrival of great sages in the form of geese at midnight into the presence of King Jānaśruti, descendant of Putrāyaṇa, who was sitting at a palace window, in order to bestow grace; among those seers, one great sage in the form of a goose, having praised the great sage Raikva indirectly so that Jānaśruti might attain knowledge of Brahman, went to Brahmaloka along with all of them; then, when those great sages had departed, Jānaśruti's taking refuge with the great sage Raikva Sayugvan in order to obtain knowledge of Brahman; then, having bathed in the triad of tīrthas named Yamunā, Gaṅgā, and Gayā at the command of the great sage Raikva Sayugvan, following the purification of his mind, the description of King Jānaśruti's attainment of becoming one with Brahman through the instruction in knowledge of Brahman given by Raikva. (46.1)