History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c74.t2.23

v5.c74.t2.23

The confluence of the three rivers came to be associated with *oṃkāra*,¹³⁶⁶ the mystic syllable that stands for *Brahma*. It is said in a purāṇa passage (probably Brahmapurāṇa) that the three parts of *om* (a u m) respectively are Sarasvatī, Yamunā and Gaṅgā and that the waters of three rivers represent Pradyumna, Aniruddha and Saṅkarṣaṇa Hari.