Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 4
माहित्थं साधितं यस्मात्त्वया मे सकलं शुभम् । माहित्थानाम तस्मात्त्वं देवता संभविष्यसि
māhitthaṃ sādhitaṃ yasmāttvayā me sakalaṃ śubham | māhitthānāma tasmāttvaṃ devatā saṃbhaviṣyasi
«Puisque, grâce à toi, ce Māhittha a été accompli, m’apportant entièrement un bien de bon augure, tu deviendras donc une divinité connue sous le nom de “Māhittha”.»
Parameśvarī (Devī) implied (continuation from prior verse context)
Tirtha: Māhittha
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣayaḥ
Scene: A divine proclamation scene: the manifested Śakti/Vidyā addresses Agastya, granting him (or the accomplished power) the status of a deity named Māhittha; the landscape bears signs of sanctification.
FAQs
When auspicious dharma is fulfilled, divine recognition follows—names, forms, and worship arise through the Goddess’s sanction and blessing.
Māhittha is the central sacred focus; the verse explains its naming and divine status, a key feature of tīrtha-mahātmya.
No explicit rite is prescribed; the verse records a boon/ordination into devatā-status (deification and naming).