Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 4
अथवा कोटिशो देवा मुनयो नैव संख्यया । सर्वे चेत्स्थापयिष्यंति लिंगान्यत्र महीतटे
athavā koṭiśo devā munayo naiva saṃkhyayā | sarve cetsthāpayiṣyaṃti liṃgānyatra mahītaṭe
অথবা কোটি কোটি দেৱতা আৰু গণনাতীত মুনি—যদি সকলোৱে ইয়াত এই তীৰভূমিত লিঙ্গ স্থাপন কৰে—(তেনে হ’লে স্থানটি পৰম পবিত্ৰ হ’ব)।
Nārada (continuing narration of the devas’ deliberation)
Tirtha: Mahī-taṭa (Mahī riverbank) at Mahīsāgara-saṅgama
Type: ghat
Scene: A vast panorama: countless devas and sages arrive in waves, each selecting a spot on the Mahi bank to set a liṅga; the shoreline becomes dotted with shrines stretching into the distance.
FAQs
A holy site’s sanctity is magnified by repeated, communal acts of devotion and sacred establishment.
The Mahī riverbank (mahītaṭa), within the Mahī–Sāgara saṅgama tīrtha setting.
The contemplated act is widespread liṅga-sthāpana—many devas and sages establishing liṅgas on the riverbank.