Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 12
किं पुनश्चापि तत्रैव मही सागरसंगमः । यत्र स्नातो महातीर्थफलं सर्वमुपाश्नुते
kiṃ punaścāpi tatraiva mahī sāgarasaṃgamaḥ | yatra snāto mahātīrthaphalaṃ sarvamupāśnute
How much more, then, is that very confluence of Mahī and the Ocean! Whoever bathes there partakes of the entire fruit of all great tīrthas.
Śātātapa (sage)
Tirtha: Mahī–Sāgara-saṅgama
Type: sangam
Listener: Sages / internal audience within Kaumārikā narrative
Scene: A luminous river meets the ocean; pilgrims perform snāna at the meeting line of waters, with priests holding water-pots; the horizon shows waves and a rising sun, conveying ‘all-tīrtha’ grandeur.
FAQs
Certain tīrthas concentrate immense merit; sincere snāna at such a confluence is taught to yield comprehensive tīrtha-phala.
Mahī–Sāgara-Saṅgama, the sacred meeting-point of Mahī and the Ocean.
Snāna (ritual bathing) at the confluence, taught as granting the fruit of all great pilgrimages.