Skanda Purana 4.101.63
Skandapurāṇa 4.101.63
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4.101.63
59 vedaśiraso muneḥ śucimapsarasaṃ dṛṣṭvā skhalitavīryasya vīryātkanyotpattikathanam, tasyā dhūtapāpākhyāyāḥ kanyāyāḥ piturvacanāttapaścaryākaraṇam, brahmaṇo varadānāttasyāḥ pāvitryaviśeṣatāprāptikathanam, tāṃ dṛṣṭvā dharmasya kāmoddīpanātparasparaṃ śāpaprasaṅgena tayornadīnadatvaprāptikathanam, gaṃgāyamunāsarasvatīkiraṇādhūtapāpādharmanadasaṃgamātpañcanadītīrthakathanam., tanmāhātmyakathanaṃ ca. ...... 251 1
59. Account of the birth of a maiden from the discharged semen of the sage Vedaśiras upon beholding the apsaras Śuci; the practice of austerity by that maiden named Dhūtapāpā at the bidding of her father; account of her attaining exceptional purity through the granting of a boon by Brahmā; account of the two becoming a river and a stream respectively in the course of mutually cursing each other when Dharma’s desire was aroused upon seeing her; account of the Pañcanadī tīrtha formed by the confluence of the Gaṅgā, Yamunā, Sarasvatī, Kiraṇā, Dhūtapāpā, and Dharmanada; and account of its māhātmya... 251 1
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