Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 131
ततस्ते बर्बरीकं च संस्थाप्यात्रैव निष्ठितम् । आगच्छ योगे चोक्त्वेदं चक्रुस्तीर्थानि मुख्यशः
tataste barbarīkaṃ ca saṃsthāpyātraiva niṣṭhitam | āgaccha yoge coktvedaṃ cakrustīrthāni mukhyaśaḥ
Then they installed Barbarīka there itself and remained stationed at that very spot. Having instructed him to return at the appointed time, they established the principal tīrthas in due order.
Narrator (contextually Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in Māheśvarakhaṇḍa)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A group of heroes/devotees installs Barbarīka at the site as a guardian figure; they remain stationed there, then proceed to establish key tīrthas in a deliberate sequence, as if mapping a sacred circuit.
FAQs
Dharma is stabilized through sanctifying space—establishing tīrthas turns a location into a lasting field of merit for future pilgrims.
The verse speaks generally of establishing the ‘principal tīrthas’ at that place; the exact site-name is not stated in this snippet.
No specific rite (snāna, dāna, japa) is prescribed here; the act emphasized is tīrtha-pratiṣṭhā (founding/establishing sacred fords).