ततो महेश्वरः प्राह सत्यमेतत्सुरोदितम् । ब्रह्माद्यास्तं तथा प्राहुरत्र भूयोऽप्यथो गुरुः
tato maheśvaraḥ prāha satyametatsuroditam | brahmādyāstaṃ tathā prāhuratra bhūyo'pyatho guruḥ
Then Maheśvara said, “True indeed is what the gods have spoken.” Brahmā and the others said the same, and again the Guru affirmed it here.
Maheśvara (Śiva)
When divine and guru testimony converge, the tīrtha’s sanctity becomes a settled dharmic truth.
The same Mahī–Sāgara Saṅgama tīrtha whose greatness the devas had just described.
No direct prescription; it provides confirmation/authorization for the rites already praised (snāna, Pitṛ satisfaction).