Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 76
संप्रयाणे मनुष्याणां संभ्रमः सुमहानभूत् । इति सर्वेषु गच्छत्सु गोकर्णं शिवमंदिरम्
saṃprayāṇe manuṣyāṇāṃ saṃbhramaḥ sumahānabhūt | iti sarveṣu gacchatsu gokarṇaṃ śivamaṃdiram
ಮಾನವರು ಪ್ರಯಾಣಕ್ಕೆ ಹೊರಟಾಗ ಮಹಾ ಗದ್ದಲ ಉಂಟಾಯಿತು. ಹೀಗೆ ಎಲ್ಲರೂ ಸಾಗುತ್ತಾ ಗೋಕರ್ಣದ ಶಿವಮಂದಿರದ ಕಡೆಗೆ ಹೊರಟರು.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)
Tirtha: Gokarṇa
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: A swelling crowd sets out; dust rises; banners and staffs sway; in the distance stands the Śiva temple of Gokarṇa, drawing everyone forward.
FAQs
A sacred destination (Śiva’s shrine) draws the many together; collective yātrā becomes a force that turns life toward dharma.
Gokarṇa, specifically as a Śiva-mandira-centered tīrtha.
No specific ritual is stated; the verse establishes the yātrā movement toward the shrine.