Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 41
तिष्ठत्वात्मगुणो यच्च तीर्थराजेन वर्णितः । तत्र को विगुणो नाम मिथ्यावादी यतो गुणः
tiṣṭhatvātmaguṇo yacca tīrtharājena varṇitaḥ | tatra ko viguṇo nāma mithyāvādī yato guṇaḥ
“Let the innate virtue praised by the ‘king of tīrthas’ remain just as it is. Who there could be called ‘without merit’? For then virtue itself would become a liar.”
Guha (Skanda/Kārttikeya)
Tirtha: महीसागर-संगम
Type: sangam
Scene: ऋषि-सभा या तट-निकट संवाद; ‘तीर्थराज’ के कथन का स्मरण; एक पक्ष गुण-स्थापन करता है, दूसरा पक्ष मौन/लज्जित।
FAQs
Intrinsic virtue stands on its own; labeling it ‘faulty’ distorts truth—dharma must align with satya.
The same Tīrtharāja/mahī-sāgara-saṅgama tīrtha is defended as inherently meritorious.
None; it argues for truthful evaluation of a tīrtha’s merit rather than imposing a punitive decree.