Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 44
महीनाम नदी च पृथिव्यां यानिकानिचित् । तीर्थानि तेषां सलिलसंभवं तज्जलं विदुः
mahīnāma nadī ca pṛthivyāṃ yānikānicit | tīrthāni teṣāṃ salilasaṃbhavaṃ tajjalaṃ viduḥ
Sur la terre, quels que soient les tīrthas (gués sacrés) qui s’y trouvent—et aussi la rivière nommée Mahī—sachez que leurs eaux naissent de ce même écoulement sacré.
Saṃvarta
Tirtha: Mahī-nadī (and all earthly tīrthas as derivative)
Type: river
Scene: A map-like sacred vision: many tīrthas and rivers across Bhārata subtly connected by a single luminous stream-source; the Mahī is highlighted as a principal channel of that sanctity.
FAQs
Tīrthas are spiritually interconnected; sacred waters are treated as a unified divine principle manifesting in many places.
The Mahī River and the broader tīrtha tradition linked to the Mahī–Sāgara Saṅgama narrative.
No explicit prescription; the verse asserts the sanctity and shared origin of tīrtha waters.