Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 23
मूढबुद्ध्या हि को नाम महीसागरसंगमम् । त्यजेच्च यत्र मोक्षश्च स्वर्गश्च करगोऽथ वा
mūḍhabuddhyā hi ko nāma mahīsāgarasaṃgamam | tyajecca yatra mokṣaśca svargaśca karago'tha vā
Qui, à moins d’être entièrement égaré, abandonnerait la confluence de la terre et de l’océan, où la délivrance et le ciel sont, pour ainsi dire, dans la paume de la main ?
Hārīta
Tirtha: Mahī-sāgara-saṅgama
Type: sangam
Listener: Śātātapa and/or the fearful group
Scene: A sweeping coastal vista where the land meets the ocean; a sage gestures toward the horizon, declaring the saṅgama’s power; pilgrims stand awed, with waves and a luminous sky suggesting liberation.
FAQs
Do not abandon a divinely empowered tīrtha; sacred geography can become a direct means to heavenly and liberating merit.
A mahī–sāgara saṅgama (land–ocean confluence) tīrtha, within the chapter’s Stambhatīrtha-centered pilgrimage setting.
No explicit rite is named here; it extols the inherent salvific potency of the tīrtha itself.