Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 61
महीसागरयात्रायां भवेत्तच्चावधारय । प्रभासदशयात्राभिः सप्तभिः पुष्करस्य च
mahīsāgarayātrāyāṃ bhavettaccāvadhāraya | prabhāsadaśayātrābhiḥ saptabhiḥ puṣkarasya ca
સારી રીતે જાણો—મહીસાગરની યાત્રાથી જે પુણ્ય થાય છે, તે પ્રભાસની દસ યાત્રાઓના તથા પુષ્કરની સાત યાત્રાઓના પુણ્ય સમાન છે.
Dharma (personified), comparing tīrtha-merits
Tirtha: Mahīsāgara
Type: sangam
Scene: A pilgrim approaches a luminous shoreline/sangam where river-waters merge with the sea; sages gesture toward a sacred map-like vision showing Prabhāsa and Puṣkara as ‘counted’ merits dissolving into one radiant tirtha.
FAQs
Purāṇic tīrtha-māhātmyas express the greatness of a site by equating its merit with multiple renowned pilgrimages.
Stambhatīrtha is being praised by comparison with Mahīsāgara, Prabhāsa, and Puṣkara.
Pilgrimage (yātrā) and implied tīrtha-observances whose fruits are being compared.