Skandapurana 7.3.38_94

7.3.38_94

etatpañcanadaṃ nām japyeśvarasamīpagam .
vyākhyātaṃ phalametāsāṃ50 jaṭodayā51 mahātmanā ..3 2 . .
tacca52 pañcanadaṃ divyaṃ devaṃ japyeśvaraṃ ca tam .
trirātropoṣito gatvā snātvābhyarcya ca53 śūlinam . .3 3 ..

This is known as the Pañcanada ('Five Rivers'), located near Japyeśvara; / the fruit of these, beginning with Jaṭodā, has been explained by the great-souled one. // 32 // / Having gone to that divine Pañcanada and to that god Japyeśvara, / fasting for three nights, having bathed and worshipped the wielder of the trident, // 33