Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 43
तस्मिन्गते महीपाले सपुत्रे तत्क्षणाद्धरिः । तद्रंध्रं पूरयामास यथा नो वेत्ति कश्चन
tasmingate mahīpāle saputre tatkṣaṇāddhariḥ | tadraṃdhraṃ pūrayāmāsa yathā no vetti kaścana
When that king, along with his son, had departed, Hari at once filled up that opening, so that no one would come to know of it.
Sūta (deduced)
Tirtha: Gomukha-associated tīrtha source (implicit)
Type: cave
Listener: dvijās/dvijottamāḥ
Scene: After the king and son depart, an unseen Hari causes a rocky fissure/opening near the spring to close seamlessly, leaving no trace; the landscape appears ordinary again.
FAQs
A tīrtha’s power is guarded by the Divine; sacred geography is preserved by divine will, beyond ordinary control.
Gomukha-tīrtha in Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra, described in the Nāgara Khaṇḍa.
No direct prescription; the verse emphasizes divine action safeguarding the tīrtha’s source.