Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 82
एकैक एषां शक्तो हि अपि देवान्निवारितुम् । तीर्थसंरोधकारिण्यः सर्वा नावारयत्कथम्
ekaika eṣāṃ śakto hi api devānnivāritum | tīrthasaṃrodhakāriṇyaḥ sarvā nāvārayatkatham
For each one of them is indeed able to restrain even the gods. Since all of them can bar access to the tīrtha, how did they not stop you?
Pārtha (Arjuna/Dhanaṃjaya)
Type: ghat
Scene: A conceptual tableau: formidable śaktis stationed at a tīrtha’s approaches, capable of halting even gods; the speaker highlights the paradox that they did not stop the present visitors.
FAQs
Entry to a tīrtha is not merely physical; it is governed by spiritual fitness and divine permission.
The tīrtha is referenced generically; the verse emphasizes the principle of guarded sacred geography.
None; the verse discusses obstruction/permission rather than a specific rite.