Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 68
साधुसाध्वित्यथोवाच तं सुभद्रोऽप्यहं तथा । दण्डवच्च प्रणमितो महीसागरसङ्गमम्
sādhusādhvityathovāca taṃ subhadro'pyahaṃ tathā | daṇḍavacca praṇamito mahīsāgarasaṅgamam
तब सुभद्र ने उससे कहा—“साधु, साधु”; और मैंने भी वैसा ही अनुमोदन किया। फिर दण्डवत् प्रणाम करके हम पृथ्वी और सागर के पावन संगम को नमन करने लगे।
Narrator reporting Subhadra’s response (deduced)
Tirtha: Mahī-sāgara-saṅgama
Type: sangam
Scene: At a wide seashore where land meets the ocean, two pilgrims perform full prostration (daṇḍavat) facing the shimmering confluence; waves curl in, seabirds circle, and the horizon glows.
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Reverence to tīrthas—expressed through humble prostration—anchors the pilgrim in devotion and dharmic receptivity.
Mahī-sāgara-saṅgama, a sacred meeting place of land and ocean.
Daṇḍavat praṇāma (full prostration) offered to the tīrtha-saṅgama.